Today's 10-minute walk is helping both of us remain fitness consistent.

Hi, I'm Dave. Let's go for a walk.

This comment from Marie.

This was actually on one of the Walking is Fitness YouTube channel videos.

Marie writes, Thank you for encouraging me to start

walking at 71 years old. Marie, thank you for the kind words. It also

Marie's comment touches on something that I think we've all felt probably at least once.

And for some, maybe more than once.

And that is the difficulty, the challenges we face to get started.

Fitness is hard.

Starting is hard.

Sticking with it is even harder.

Today I want to talk about the starting is hard.

Why is it hard?

What is it that prevents us from getting started?

And if you are curious about walking, maybe you've recently discovered this podcast,

and you're trying to make that decision, maybe you've made the decision, but you're facing

those challenges, it's hard to get started. Maybe you're even wondering why. Well, this might be helpful. By the way, one of the

things that I have for you that will help you get started building a walking habit, a daily

walking habit that lasts, also a walking habit I believe that you will eventually fall in love with it's a free

resource there's a link in the show notes go to the show notes for this episode tap the link and let's get

started building that habit that not only lasts but that you will love why is it hard to get started I think there are five things at play. For some,

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