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Walking is Fitness

Two More Years

Walking is Fitness

Dave Paul

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8592 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

An article in the Wall Street Journal got Dave thinking about what he would do with two more years of life. During today's ten-minute walk, Dave talks about research linking exercise with longevity.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'd like us to use our imaginations for the next 10 minutes.

0:08.0

Now, I'm going to create a scenario that obviously could never happen, but that's where the imagination part comes in.

0:14.0

So I want you to imagine years from now, probably decades from now.

0:20.0

You're at the precipice of entering your physical decline.

0:25.6

And it could be disease or something else, but you're at the precipice of entering the final

0:32.6

stretch of life, to be clear. And just before you do, someone comes up to you and says,

0:42.4

before you enter this, before you enter this decline,

0:46.3

and life physically gets really challenging before the end.

0:51.2

I'm going to give you two more years.

0:53.4

I'm going to give you two more years of life, two more

0:56.2

healthy years, or healthy enough years, to do the things that you want to do. First off, how

1:03.4

would you feel about that? Secondly, what would you do during those two years? Now, here's where

1:09.4

the imagination comes in. What would you do during those two years? Again here's where the imagination comes in. What would you do during those two years?

1:12.6

Again, we're talking years, probably decades down the road.

1:15.6

For me, it would be two more years to root for my favorite teams to win a championship.

1:23.6

It would be two more years to ride my bike. Well, maybe not ride my bike, but certainly take walks like this

1:31.3

and enjoy a beautiful morning like I have right now.

1:34.3

By the way, the skies are clear, the wind is calm,

1:37.3

the birds are awake.

1:39.3

This is gorgeous. Two more years to enjoy this.

1:42.3

That would be nice. Two more years to read the latest books, to listen to the latest music, to watch the latest movies. Two more years to see history unfold, which may or may not be a good thing. Two more years to enjoy my children, to enjoy my grandchildren, perhaps to see my grandchildren

2:08.9

graduate, get married, become parents of their own, two more years to enjoy life with

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