When You Don't Feel Like Taking The Walk
Walking is Fitness
Dave Paul
4.8 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Finding motivation to stay consistent can be a huge challenge. During today's ten-minute walk, Dave talks about the thing that really works for him.
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| 0:00.0 | How do you find the motivation to take the walk on days when you just don't feel like it? |
| 0:09.0 | Some experts would say know your why. |
| 0:15.0 | Hmm. Really? |
| 0:18.0 | Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with a little |
| 0:26.0 | added motivation to get out, take the walk on those days when you don't feel like it, and |
| 0:31.6 | more importantly to keep going to build that consistent, life-changing habit. |
| 0:36.9 | Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this. |
| 0:40.3 | We are now four days into the new year and I would imagine for some, maybe even you, maybe you're feeling this, |
| 0:51.3 | that excitement on January 1st to build this new life-changing habit, |
| 0:59.0 | that excitement is starting to fade a bit. What happens when real life smacks you in the face? |
| 1:09.0 | For example, today is cloudy. It is chilly. It is chilly. It is drippy. I've got the umbrella in my back |
| 1:21.8 | pocket. It's been raining this morning. I woke up and the rain is coming down pretty hard. |
| 1:27.9 | We're expecting more rain today. |
| 1:29.5 | We've got a car that's about to drive by. |
| 1:31.3 | I don't know if you're going to hear the water on the road, maybe... |
| 1:36.3 | That sounded dry. |
| 1:40.1 | Well, there are puddles. |
| 1:42.1 | Here's one right here. |
| 1:47.0 | Anyhow, the point is, it's a wet day and it's drippy, |
| 1:54.0 | and it's probably going to get heavier. |
| 1:58.0 | The rain is going to get heavier as the day goes on. |
| 2:01.6 | How do you find the motivation to get out, take the walk when the excitement isn't quite there, |
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