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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How You Can Inspire Others
For many years, Elisa was the only person in her upstate New York neighborhood who was walking for fitness. Then a few years ago, things started to shift. Longtime neighbors either moved or died. They were replaced by new neighbors. Elisa is no longer the only one walking in her neighborhood. There’s a growing group…
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Three Reasons Why You Should Include Hills During Your Walks
I lost count of how many times I reached Millstone Road, glanced left, considered how I felt, and then kept walking straight. You see, Millstone Road included a mountain of a hill that regularly kicked my butt while walking. In fact, when my wife, Ava, and I walked together we had to stop talking to…
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How To Reach Fitness Momentum
Recently, a listener to my podcast, “Walking is Fitness” left a positive review and mentioned how she had achieved what I call Fitness Momentum. This is when it would feel harder to skip a day than get out and walk. And, this listener is in Minnesota where the weather isn’t always very inviting. In other…
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Creating An Exercise Habit The Easy Way
Creating a new habit is really hard. Exercise is rarely fun. Combining the two usually doesn’t end well. Until today. There’s pretty good research telling us it takes, on average, 66 days to create a habit. Some of us can do it in less time while some of us actually need more than 200 days.…
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The Super Power Of Walking
It’s time to remove two words from your fitness lexicon. Just. Only. These are words that may get used during a conversation with someone about exercise. Typically these would be said if you feel the person you’re talking with is your “exercise superior.” In other words, someone you perceive does “more” than you. The conversation…