This walk that we're doing right now that you and I are taking currently is an investment

in other people, not just ourselves. Welcome to walking as fitness. This is a podcast of action,

providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made

to yourself. Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013 averaging about 21,000

steps a day. I'm walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

I saw a post from Reneggan, the Start Today Facebook group that was a reminder that this commitment to fitness, to exercise, has an impact on the people I love, not just me.

So as I pursue fitness, I'm also making an investment in my family, in my friends, in my

coworkers, in my community.

I tend to think of this daily walk, this commitment to fitness, these exercise activities

that I do as a way to help me age well. It's a kind of a self-focused

benefit. And of course, you know, that's a very real benefit that I'm experiencing now and hope to

experience for years and maybe even decades to come.

But Renee's post was a reminder that this isn't just an investment in me.

This commitment to fitness also benefits the people that I do life with.

And I believe there are three significant impacts, three very real, very

tangible ways that our commitment to fitness, that my commitment to fitness is impacting

other people. Number one, and this one probably is no surprise. My health.

When I'm in good health, that has a positive impact on the people that I love and that I'm doing life with.

When I'm in poor health, generally, that impact is not going to be as positive. And I hesitate to say

it's a negative impact because there are people, maybe even you, who are dealing with challenging

health situations, and I don't mean to imply that those health situations are having a negative

impact on other people.

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