Hi friends. You're ready to take a 10-minute walk together. Welcome to walking is fitness. This is a

podcast of action. Every day I go for a long walk and the first 10 minutes of that walk is spent

with you. If you're looking for a podcast that will entertain you or educate you,

maybe even inspire you, there are plenty of great podcasts designed to do those things.

But this really is a podcast where we are holding each other accountable every day, walking for 10 minutes

as we create and maintain a lifestyle of fitness. Hi, I'm Dave. And by the way, I want to say

hi to Angie a couple of days ago. She began listening to the podcast and she said this is going to be a part, regular part of her intentional daily walking.

So Angie, thank you for your encouraging note a couple of days ago.

So yesterday, I finished the day with about 21,000 steps on my Fitbit Inspire 2.

And yesterday I talked about why I walked 20,000 steps a day.

And Janice sent an email and mentioned that she walks six out of seven days a week. She has determined that she needs

one day of, she called it her by day, B.Y. A day of rest where she's not obviously focused on

fitness. Totally get that. Understand that understand that rest is important people have

said to me have asked me have made comments along the lines of all you ever do is walk you never stop

and certainly you know 20,000 steps would, I guess, indicate that.

But that, of course, is not true.

You know, if you actually, and I've done the math before, if you look at how much time it takes

every day to get 20,000 steps, it's only 3 hours and 40 minutes, which means I'm not moving more than 21 hours

a day. And rest, of course, is hugely important. In fact, my favorite number, the favorite number

on my Fitbit is not how many steps I get every day, it's my sleep score.

I have turned sleep into a personal competition.

And if you have a Fitbit, you hopefully know about the sleep score.

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