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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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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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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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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Are you considering making 10,000 steps your daily goal? Here are three reasons that may not be a good idea and three reasons why it may be. 10,000 STEPS MAY BE TOO MANY If you are just starting on a journey towards fitness, 10,000 steps is likely too big a jump from where you are
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I hope the answer to that question is yes. Because if it isn’t, making walking a fitness activity is going to be really hard. One of the biggest fitness lessons I’ve learned over the years is that a commitment to exercise doesn’t stick if it’s an activity I don’t enjoy. I have multiple failed attempts
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Walking is Fitness is now a daily ten-minute podcast. Every day you can walk with me for ten minutes. Listening to this podcast is a way to add another layer of accountability to your fitness journey. (Click HERE for the latest episodes.) Fitness is not easy. Oh sure, taking a ten minute walk isn’t the
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My friend Steve Miller used to weigh 440 pounds. Since January 1, 2019 he’s lost more than 220 pounds. This wasn’t the first time he’s tried to lose weight. But, it’s the first time he stuck with it. The difference was what Steve did in December 2018. He practiced what he was going to do
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Our next door neighbor had already done the hardest thing. Every morning, she would walk back and forth on her porch for ten minutes. That was not the hard thing. The hard thing came before she even started. I remain mystified why everyone is not walking for exercise. Research continues to tell us that walking
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January 1 is the worst day to start a new fitness journey. If you’re like me, you love the possibility of transformation…changing something I don’t like about myself into something shiny and new. Fitness offers the hope of feeling better and doing life better. All I have to do is intentionally move more and push
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