Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness. A daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with

motivation to get out the door, take the walk, build a consistent habit that I believe can change your life.

And that's what we're going to talk about, how this podcast can help you.

Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

Hi, thank you for listening.

You've got a bazillion podcast that you could choose to listen to,

but you've tapped play on this podcast,

Walking is Fitness. I'm honored if you're brand new checking this thing out over the next

10 minutes, I want to talk about how this podcast can help you change your life. So the name is

walking is fitness. Every day there's a brand new 10 minute

episode that I record while I'm out walking as I am right now and you can probably hear

traffic. So every day, brand new 10 minute episode. I talk about walking. I talk about creating a habit of walking.

Talk about research regarding walking and how a consistent routine of walking can change your life.

I tell stories about people who have used walking to change their lives.

But at its core, this podcast really is about you and me taking a consistent walk together.

My mission is to help as many people as possible, find the motivation to get started, and then the continued

motivation to build that consistent, potentially life-changing habit.

Walking can change your life.

There are immediate benefits to getting out and taking a walk.

It's a great way to calm anxiety, to manage stress.

Throughout history, people have understood that walking can help them think better,

process the stuff of life, and there's even research behind walking, helping you be more creative. Long term, when this habit is established,

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