So what motivates you?

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'm walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

So this question of motivation, it's a sticky one when it comes to fitness and exercise, particularly as we're getting started, looking for that burst of motivation each day to keep moving forward, to reach whatever goal we set for ourselves, whether we call it a promise or not, to do that thing

that we said we were going to do. And oftentimes, it's challenging. It's hard. It's hard to get

out the door. It's hard to get moving. And we need that motivation. Someone asked the question in the Start Today Facebook group,

What motivates you? And I found the answers fascinating. Jane said that what motivates her,

she just discovered, learned that she is pre-hypertensive, and she's

motivated to change that. So what motivates Jane is changing her health, because right now,

at least in certain areas, it's on a path that she doesn't like. And again, I'm not a doctor.

I'm not a certified personal trainer.

So what I'm talking about, please do not take a specific medical or health advice for you.

This podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only.

But we've been told over and over and over again by the experts that moving more and sitting less is good for our health.

And if we continue to do that, if we are intentional about that,

if we reach certain metrics, if we are intentional about that, if we reach certain metrics,

then we are lowering the risk for some pretty significant long-term health problems.

And cardiovascular issues are certainly in that realm.

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