Today's 10-minute walk is helping you stay fitness consistent, so let's go for a walk.

What is a good walking goal?

If you've made the commitment, the promise even, to walk every day, or at least consistently,

what is a good daily goal?

Is it 10 minutes, a 10-minute walk every day?

Is it 30 minutes? Is it a 30-minute walk every day?

Is it a step count?

5,000 steps, 10, thousand steps. What is a good walking goal every day?

The answer is it depends. It depends on several factors. Number one, where are you in this journey?

If you are just getting started, if you're early in this fitness journey, the answer is going to be different than someone who's been doing this for a year,

which could be different from someone who's been doing it for five years. And that could be different from someone who's been doing it for five years.

And that could be different from someone who's been doing it for 15 or longer.

So it depends.

Years ago, 2013, I got my first Fitbit set a daily step goal of 10,000 steps because, well,

that's what you do when you have a Fitbit.

I'm supposed to get 10,000 steps, and I've done episodes about the value of 10,000 steps and

why that is the default goal, and I'm not going to go into all of that now, again.

But that was my goal. And then as I reached that goal, and it became easier and easier, I kept pushing the goal

a little bit higher.

And then there were seasons where I would set a particular goal for a short period of time,

like for a month.

I'm going to walk 25,000 steps every day for a month. Can't do that for a

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