The biggest benefit of using a treadmill.

It's taken me a while to figure this one out.

Hi, I'm Dave.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a daily podcast that provides motivation for a 10-minute walk.

So this treadmill benefit, we're going to talk about what it is during today's 10-minute walk and that starts after this.

Today's walk is happening under cloudy skies and I'm looking around.

I'm actually in a wooded area so I don't have a clear shot of the entire sky but everything that I'm

looking at is clouds and I think I think forecast is for some rain later today

maybe even thunderstorm I don't think that it is going to rain while I'm walking. And I really

hope it doesn't because I'm not prepared. I don't have my umbrella tucked in my back pocket,

something I'll do if I head out, check the forecast in advance, see that rain is possible

as long as it's not a thunderstorm

imminent. I'll go ahead and tuck that umbrella in my back pocket and head out for a walk.

I did not do that today because when I checked earlier, it didn't look like rain was going to be

happening this morning. So we will see.

A couple of folks are riding their bikes on the street,

and they don't look like they're thinking about rain,

so I guess I'm good.

So let's talk about walking on a treadmill.

Clearly, I'm not walking on a treadmill right now. I did earlier this morning. I have a small treadmill in my home office and I most mornings I will get on that treadmill. That's my first walk of the day it's usually about 10 minutes long and

this is actually something of a change for me because for a long time I used to talk

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