In September 2018, Dave began writing a weekly blog about walking. In November 2021, he started the daily ten-minute podcast, Walking is Fitness that replaced the blog. This page contains all 270 articles written by Dave.
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These Five Things Can Happen When You Walk Everyday
Are you ready to change your life? If so, take a walk. Here are five ways that an intentional daily walk can impact you. YOU GET STRONGER A friend recently had heart bypass surgery. The doctors wanted him up and walking as soon as possible. Those daily walks have been an important part of his…
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Do You Want A Fitness Restart?
If you’re considering a fitness reboot, I have good news and bad news. We’ll begin with the bad news. Starting a new fitness journey is hard. Restarting a fitness journey is even harder. You go into it knowing the challenges ahead, aware that progress is really slow, and with a nagging feeling that you’ve already…
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Struggling With Summer Fitness Motivation?
I raised the white flag. I love summer. So does Ava. That’s one of the reasons we moved 500 miles farther south. We extended summer and shortened winter. And, then last August happened. I experienced a relentless combination of heat and humidity that I wasn’t used too. I thought my “summer muscles” were pretty strong.…
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How To Use Walking For Exercise
Every day I see Mark, Susan, John, Ruth, Jim, Angelo, Mike, Cathy, and Don walk past my home office window. There are others, too, but I don’t know their names. They are all walking for exercise. Some, multiple times a day. In 2018, NBC News called walking the most underrated form of exercise. There’s an…
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What’s Holding You Back?
Jonna wondered what the neighbors would think. She says that kept her from getting outside and walking. Gratefully, it’s no longer something that is holding her back. We all have a story of the thing that kept us from fitness. Looking back, it might feel silly now. Hopefully, we also have a story of what…