Keeping that fitness promise we made to ourselves is hard.

Welcome to Walking as Fitness, a podcast of action that provides a little extra motivation.

Hi, I'm Dave. Since 2013, I have been walking for fitness, have averaged 21,000 steps a day. I'm walking now, and I'd love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes. It is one of those days that checks the box of why we move to South Carolina. Here we are. It's February. And the weather is going to be mild-ish.

Wouldn't say warm. Certainly wouldn't say hot. Right now, I have a coat and a hoodie. I'm layered up,

but I'm very comfortable. It's cool and going to be getting a little bit warm, er.

Not warm.

Also a little concerned because the pavement is wet.

And I don't remember seeing rain in the forecast for today.

We've got a mix of clouds.

And I can see some breaks in the clouds so hopefully hopefully the rain is in the rearview mirror and not still something that is headed my way.

Although, is it last week? I thought I knew the forecast headed, and towards the end of the 10 minutes got wet.

Not fun.

Who inspires you to fitness?

And more importantly, why?

I'll talk about that in just a moment.

This episode is sponsored by the Step Fit Plan.

Walking for fitness is both easy and hard.

Walking is something that most of us can do at any time, anywhere.

That's the easy part. The fitness part is the challenge. I want you to still be

walking for fitness a year from now. To make that happen, if you're just getting started,

the key is what you're doing right now, how you are starting out. We have a tendency to dive in the deep end when we feel

full of motivation for exercise and fitness. And that emotional motivation rarely lasts long term.

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