Five things that likely will happen by the time you finish walking and listening to this episode.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast of action, providing a little extra

motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made yourself. Hi, I'm Dave. I started walking for fitness in 2013.

Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day.

I'm walking right now and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

It is cloudy, it is cool, and it is slightly breezy.

Check the weather before I left the house and it told me that it was going to be all three of those things and it is.

What it did not say was that it might get wet.

And on the way over here, I'm walking along the wooded trail.

I felt this kind of misty moisture in the air.

I was like, really?

Am I going to regret believing the forecast before I left the house?

So we'll see how this rolls. Two days ago, I talked about the long-term benefits

of exercise, of fitness, of this daily walk, or consistent walk, if you don't do it every day.

And those benefits are incredible. They're significant, they're life-changing.

But a lot of those outcomes, a lot of those risk reductions can feel very abstract.

You know, that's some future benefit.

Today I want to talk about the immediate benefits, the benefits that you don't have to wait

years or decades for. Of course, this is where I say I'm not a doctor. I'm not a licensed

personal trainer. This podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. And the great

thing about these benefits is you don't need to walk for hours and

hours and hours. Much of the research says 10 minutes for these benefits. Some a little bit shorter,

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