Today's 10 minute walk is helping you create a walking habit you will love.

Hi, I'm Dave. If you're brand new, welcome listening to this podcast every day, along with

downloading the free resource 90 days to a walking habit you'll love will help you create a walking

habit that you will love. This resource has five things you can do, a five-part plan that you

can do starting today to create a habit, a walking habit that not only lasts, but that you will

love. There's a link in the show notes. Again, this is free.

Download it and let's get started. This comment from Matt and Barb, Dave, you've helped me to take

the baby steps high, knew I needed. Tomorrow will be day seven in a row of my 90-day challenge. The weather is

gross up here in Alaska, but I got my rain gear out and I'm already seeing the

uptick in mental health. 10 to 15 minutes a day for now is so doable.

Thank you.

One of the things that I talk about a lot is the long-term health benefits of walking consistently, of walking every day.

The reality is those long-term benefits don't happen from a single 10 to 15-minute walk.

If this is the only walk you take, and you're listening to this podcast, you are not lowering

the risk of an early death, you're not lowering the risk of some bad health outcomes like heart disease,

a bunch of different cancers, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and more.

One single walk is not going to deliver those benefits.

But the research indicates that those who do make a commitment to fitness activities to

walking consistently every day, there's a significant risk reduction in these bad health outcomes and a risk reduction in early death.

By the way, I'm not a doctor, not a licensed personal trainer.

This podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only.

So a lot of times I talk about the long-term impact of walking consistently,

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