All right, friends. Are you ready to do this thing? You're ready for our 10-minute walk together.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast of action as we walk together for 10 minutes,

holding each other accountable for keeping our commitment to fitness. This episode is sponsored by the Step Fit Plan.

This is a guide, a plan to help you transition your walking from functional to fitness.

It's actually harder than you think.

I mean, walking is fairly easy, but to walk for exercise requires intentionality.

It requires some intensity, more intensity than simply the walking we do for function. You know,

walking from, say, the car to the store, walking around the store, walking around the house.

That movement is beneficial, but for it to rise to the level of exercise,

unlocking even further health benefits, there needs to be some intensity, some intentionality,

and quite frankly, most of us need a plan of action to make that transition

that's what the step that plan is all about it will help you first establish a fitness habit

once the habit is established and is consistent then you begin to build fitness momentum

that's when it's harder to actually not do a fitness activity

than to will yourself to do it. And that fitness momentum leads to fitness transformation.

The stepfit plan, it is effective. It is yours and it is free. And walking as fitness.com

the resource page. There's also a link in the show notes.

Hi, I'm Dave, and yes, I am walking.

If you're new to this podcast, Walking as Fitness, this is the first 10 minutes of my daily walk.

You may walk at a different time of day, but my walk is usually in the morning, right around sunrise.

And, of course, where I am in South Carolina, perhaps warmer than where you are, but it is not warm at all this morning.

It's rather chilly.

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