Today I'm going to share with you the three S tricks that I use on those days when it's hard to get out the door.

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 to yourself. Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000

steps a day. I am walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

It is a muggy and dark South Carolina morning.

Woke up a little bit earlier than normal today and decided,

why not?

And left the house and sunrise is still about 15, 20 minutes away.

On top of that, it's cloudy, and I'm walking through this wooded trail, and it just feels dark. It doesn't even feel like sunrise is imminent. It actually

feels like I'm walking at night. I was on the Start Today Facebook page.

I've mentioned this a few times, the Today Show, June and July,

has been motivating and encouraging viewers to get out and walk, start walking for fitness.

I noticed a couple of comments yesterday from folks saying

they didn't want to they just didn't want to go walk they were struggling with

motivation they didn't say why you know what issue was, just they were having a hard time getting started, getting out the door.

And interestingly enough, yesterday afternoon, I was struggling with the same thing.

So I struggle when it's cloudy, when it's relentlessly cloudy for days on end.

And we've been in a pattern right now here in Myrtle Beach where most of the days have been cloudy. We've had thunderstorms or rain

in the afternoon and the evening. And also looking at my weather app yesterday, indicated that this

stretch was not going to be ending soon. And so I was feeling that. I was struggling with

motivation really to do anything. Usually in the afternoon, it's when I take a bike ride. And I love,

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