I love summer. It’s one of the reasons we moved from Maryland to South Carolina. Summer starts earlier and ends later. I love that! But, if I’m being honest, and why should I start lying now, the heat and humidity started getting to me by mid-August. It’s called Famously How South Carolina for a reason. […]
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We now have a research based answer to that question. But, it comes with a twist. First, here how many steps you don’t need to walk every day to burn fat. 10,000. While that number has long been out there as a goal to aim for daily, it’s not what you need if you want
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What would you rather do? Sit or walk? The answer to this question is revealing. It tells you whether you have truly reached fitness momentum and are on your way to a lifestyle of fitness. Sitting is easy. Sitting is relaxing. Sitting can even be fun when accompanied by another enjoyable activity like eating out,
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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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I hate losing to myself. For years now, I’ve used self-competition as a great motivator to get out and walk…even when I don’t feel like it. That’s what I talk about in this week’s Walking Is Fitness podcast. I recorded this week’s episode while walking to the store early one morning to pick up a
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I’m in one of the busiest seasons of the year for me. We have a lot going on. That’s not unique. But, what happened last week is…at least for 2021. This week’s blog article is exclusively a podcast. I recorded this while walking along a lake near our home. As I was talking I was
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I woke up this morning a little after 6a. After 14 years of an alarm going off before 3a, I’m really liking this new schedule. I’ve rarely used an alarm since leaving the morning show last December. It’s a beautiful thing! I rolled out of bed and started the coffee maker. While that was brewing,
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I used to love January 1. It was the best feeling day of the year. Armed with my list of New Year’s goals, transformation was on the way and I loved that feeling. Of course, you know how this ends. That amazing bucket of motivation would slowly empty over the next couple weeks. By mid-January,
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The restaurant was less than a mile away from their beach condo. My friends decided to walk. Actually, the women decided to walk…the guys didn’t want to say no. The walk back was a bit of a struggle. Later one of them told me how they commented to each other how nice it would be
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If you struggle with staying consistent with exercise, Walking is Fitness can help. This is a daily ten-minute podcast that’ll provide you with a boost of motivation. There’s a new episode every day that Dave records while he’s walking too. Tap here for a quick sample I deceive myself. I walk almost 20,000 steps a
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