A Deeper Motivation To Walk
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Why is finding a deeper level of motivation important for daily walking?
Today, I want to talk about the value of finding a deeper level of motivation. Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with added motivation and encouragement to get out the door, take the walk, and more importantly, to keep going, to build a life-changing, life-lasting walking habit. Today's ten minute walk starts right after this. I am on my back porch with a box I just got from Topo Athletic. These contain my new shoes. The ST6, these are minimal shoes. Box. All the Topo Athletic shoes come with a wide toe box. My shoes have a zero drop. This part of a journey I've been on to make my feet stronger, to move towards a more minimal shoe. With Topo Athletic, they've got shoes for every need, minimal shoes, maximal cushion.
They've got road shoes, trail shoes, recovery shoes, race shoes. All right, let's open the box. And there's a box inside the box. And these are nice looking. And very light. Very light. Pull the inserts out, try them on. Boy, I can feel the difference the wide toe box makes instantly. By the way, Topo Athletic, brand new sponsor of Walking is Fitness. You can check them out. Again, TopoAthletic.com. You can do your shopping online. You can also see where you can pick up Topo shoes at a retailer near you. All right, leaving the back porch. Walking in and yeah, this wide toe box makes a huge difference. So I'm gonna be wearing these and I'll give you an update shortly. In the meantime, check them out, Topo Athletic, T-O-P-O, Topoathletic.com.
So yesterday I told you the story of my first day counting steps and how I thought I was gonna crush ten thousand, did not.
How do Topo Athletic shoes and a wide toe box improve my walking experience?
Got a shock, it's like, oh, this is gonna be much harder than I realized. But I was committed to getting as many steps as possible because I was part of a competition, step competition. at work. I've never been a particularly athletic guy. Tried playing sports when I was a kid, usually sat on the bench. There were good experiences being part of the team But I just wasn't all that good. But when it came to movement, to running and eventually to walking, I found my niche. And so when My employer offered everyone a free Fitbit and set up monthly competitions. I saw it as my opportunity to win as an athlete. And so I pursued at least 10,000 steps every day. quickly realized that running and walking To reach ten thousand steps took
Took a lot of time. More time than I thought it would take. But I I wanted to win. One of my coworkers said that she had her Fitbit strapped to her shoe. We had these little Fitbit zips. They weren't wearables. You either clipped 'em to your belt, put 'em in your pocket, or strapped them to your shoe. And she would While watching television with the family stand behind the couch. And walk in place. And she was getting a lot of steps. Cause, you know, she's watching T V for thirty, sixty minutes. That's a lot of steps. She said her family was incredibly annoyed with her, but she was she was crushing the competition. So I thought, huh. Walking in place.
What did I learn from my first step‑count competition and the challenges it revealed?
I bet again I was a runner at the time, walking would be another handful of months before I transitioned from running to walking as my primary fitness activity and I didn't do that because I was hurt, because I was injured. It was simply because I loved walking that much. It's like why am I doing this thing, running, that I don't enjoy as much as walking? But at at this point I was still running and my fitness capacity was was decent. And so I thought, all right, if she's walking in place, I'm gonna run in place. Because I can do that anywhere at any time. And it's safe. And it's easy and there's not a whole lot of friction involved and driving to the park. I worked an early morning shift, so I actually got up even earlier, and the running in place quickly transitioned to jumping in place.
I didn't know that there was actually a name for that fitness activity. It would be many, many, many, many years later when I learned that those are called pogo jumps. And there's actually a lot of benefits. benefits to doing pogo jumps more than simply a fast way to get a lot of steps.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is finding a deeper level of motivation important for daily walking?
0:03–1:59
2
How do Topo Athletic shoes and a wide toe box improve my walking experience?
1:59–3:59
3
What did I learn from my first step‑count competition and the challenges it revealed?
3:59–6:27
4
How did my motivation shift from competition to aging well and fear of decline?
6:27–8:49
5
What can Krista’s backyard walking routine teach us about overcoming physical limits?
8:49–11:20
6
Why does a deeper, purpose‑driven motivation help us keep walking on tough days?
11:20–11:59