Why Bother?
Walking is Fitness
Dave Paul
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes fitness motivation is really hard to find. During today's ten-minute walk, Dave discusses how he handles those days when he asks himself the question, "Why bother?"
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever asked the question, maybe even struggled with the question, why bother? Why am I doing this? |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast of action, providing a little extra of motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made to yourself. |
| 0:23.0 | Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day. |
| 0:30.5 | I am walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes. |
| 0:37.3 | I think one of the hardest jobs in the world |
| 0:40.3 | would be a television meteorologist in South Carolina |
| 0:49.3 | because the forecast never changes. |
| 1:02.0 | You have to find ways to say the same thing, but differently, every day. Hey folks, going to be hot, going to be sticky. |
| 1:07.0 | Chance for a thunderstorm. |
| 1:09.0 | Gonna feel like summer here in the Carolinas. |
| 1:11.6 | Followed by, hey folks, going to be hot, I'm going to be sticky with a chance for a thunderstorm. |
| 1:18.6 | Gonna feel like summer here in the Carolinas. |
| 1:21.6 | Followed by, hey folks, it's going to be hot, going to be, |
| 1:26.6 | that's what I feel like when I... |
| 1:30.3 | When I'm describing the weather, it's the same old, same old, but I love it. |
| 1:36.3 | I love summer. |
| 1:37.3 | Hopefully, where you are, the weather is enjoyable for you as we walk together. |
| 1:42.3 | Thanks for joining me. |
| 1:52.7 | I'm a member of a Facebook group, The Conqueror Community, and recently Fiona left a comment that gripped my heart. There's a picture of Fiona and her husband. They're sitting outside in red Adirondock chairs. They both are holding a |
| 2:06.7 | glass of red wine. Both are smiling, although Fiona's smile is a bit bigger than her husband's. |
| 2:15.6 | And Fiona wrote, my first walk after my husband passed on June 2nd |
| 2:20.6 | after a very short 10-week battle with cancer. I lost my cheerleader and haven't walked in months. |
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