Three practical ways you can help others start walking for fitness.

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.

Mostly cloudy, a little bit cooler here in South Carolina,

and there's a misty rain that has been falling.

In fact, I walked out the door and felt the rain and thought,

huh, I don't remember seeing this in the forecast.

Pulled open my weather app and the rain did not exist. Does not exist in my weather app.

No precipitation in the next 16 minutes. I'm like, well, what is this then?

Heavy humidity. Anyhow, no need for an umbrella. It actually feels kind of good. And I hope the weather where you are is nice for this 10-minute walk as well.

From time to time, I wonder why more people are not walking for fitness. You know, Why am I the only one out right now walking?

It is such an easy way, such a simple way, such a great way to get started in a new journey

towards fitness. And even as fitness momentum builds and gains,

and you begin to experience fitness transformation,

walking still is a wonderful, wonderful fitness activity.

Why aren't more people pursuing walking for fitness? I wonder this from time to time.

That said, there does seem to be a trend, a growing trend, where people are becoming more aware

and are actually pursuing walking for fitness.

It just hasn't reached the level where I'm like, yes, everybody's doing it.

Perhaps you're aware that the Today Show in June, June 1st, actually started encouraging people

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