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 About A NEW New Year’s Goal?
This week’s article is only for half the planet. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this won’t resonate. For the other half it will. January 1 is a TERRIBLE time to start walking for fitness! Whoever thought that New Year’s Day was a great time to walk start walking 10,000 steps a day was…
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Want To Lower Your Gas Costs?
I asked Ava the other day if she was still OK with our decision. She said yes. When we moved from Maryland to South Carolina at the end of 2020, we set aside money from the sale of our house to buy a golf cart to use in our new community. We live in an…
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Want To Feel Better?
I was surprised by how much I didn’t want to walk. Since 2013, walking has been my exercise, my escape, my passion. And, yet, on this March morning in 2021 I felt paralyzed sitting in my chair. This morning walk I take every day is always one of the best parts of my day, but…
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How To Start Walking For Fitness
I’ll never forget the moment I decided to make walking my fitness activity. I probably did it backwards, but that actually cemented it for me. In my late 40’s I made a promise to myself to get fit and healthy. I was gaining weight and not feeling well. At the time, I believed it was…
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Is Goal Shame Holding You Back?
I was shocked by how wrong I was. I saw a headline recently about not letting Goal Shame keep you from moving forward in 2022. I expected the article to help me understand that everybody experiences Goal Failure and not to let the shame from that keep me from trying again. And, that made perfect…