Today's 10 minute walk is helping you create a walking habit you will love.

Hi, I'm Dave.

It's a nice morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and I've been out walking probably

for 20, 30 minutes before I pressed record, left the house and walked over to an area

where I really enjoy recording the podcast. It's a little more secluded, it's quiet, and I enjoy that.

It's also got more birds, and I like the sound of birds as I'm walking

here's the thing Sun's been up now for a bit and as I was walking here I saw one

other person out for a walk and we live in a by the way, that is designed to promote activity,

whether you are walking or running or cycling. It's designed to promote getting out and moving.

And it's one of the reasons why we moved here. It would make our fitness activities much easier to do.

It reduced the friction of fitness.

We didn't have to do a bunch of stuff before we could do the activity itself.

And that was very appealing for both me and Ava.

But I keep coming back to this question when I have situations like this.

Why aren't more people walking?

Why does it feel like it's only a small percentage of people who are out intentionally pursuing

fitness by walking and I don't think it's just here I think you probably

experience this yourself even if you're walking in an area where others are walking, when you consider

how many people live near where you are, when I consider how many people live near where I am

walking right now, why aren't the sidewalks packed? Why isn't the gym packed and the treadmills with lines? Of course nobody would

wait, but you get the idea. In other words, why aren't people, more people walking more?

And it's a question that I continue to ponder from time to time and even more than just

...