Walking is more than just a way to get from one place to another—it’s a transformative activity that can boost your physical health, mental clarity, and overall well-being. Whether you’re looking to lose weight, manage diabetes, or simply lead a more active lifestyle, walking is an accessible and effective solution for all fitness levels.

Motivation is one of the biggest challenges people face when trying to stick to a fitness routine. We’ve all been there—starting with enthusiasm and big goals, only to lose steam after a few weeks or months. The key to staying committed is simple: find your why.

Welcome to our blog post dedicated to the transformative potential of inspirational quotes for your next walk. If you're searching for a boost of motivation or a dose of positivity to enhance your walking experience, you've come to the right place. These 35 powerful walking quotes were meticulously curated to uplift your spirits, ignite your motivation, and infuse your strides with positivity.

UPDATED: I’ve come up with the top 75 things to do while walking (#29 will truly surprise you). I’ve done all of them and they’ve kept me walking, entertained, and in great shape! It’s a funny thing when I tell people I really enjoy walking, they tell me it’s so boring. Quite honestly, I don’t get that!

Progress is a forward or onward movement toward a destination. Journaling and tracking your walking miles are essential for several reasons. By recording your walking mileage, steps, exercises you do during your walks and journaling any insights you have, you will gain a wealth of knowledge about your physical and emotional progress. Read about 8 Benefits of Journaling Your Walking Miles.

The Walking Logbook Journal is now available at Amazon.com. Here are 14 questions about the book and why I wrote it. The book has $60 in Bonus Content including the audiobook version of Walking Inspiration: A 12-month Plan to Inspire Your Health and Fitness.

Keep Your Fitness Walking Inspiration Burning During the Fall and any time of year. Are you struggling to get out the door and moving? Remember what your body can do, and do it! Continuing your walking routine may become a struggle with the coming fall and fewer sunlight hours.

Podcasts are more popular than ever! With the easy availability of many streaming services, most are just a clicked link away. Here are seven benefits of why listening to podcasts on your next walk will help you add miles to your walking totals and contribute you your health and wellbeing.

Teenage years are a challenge for parents and kids alike. These past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have made that relationship even more challenging. The simple act of walking with your teenager will have a major beneficial impact on their mental health.

10 Life Lessons (Mom's life well lived)
On August 26, 2016, my mom, Anne Ring, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. Mom had a series of “life lessons” that I put together for her eulogy. While she never wrote these down formally, these are what stuck with me as I reflected on how she lived her life and what she left behind for my dad, sisters, brother, her grandchildren, her great grandchildren, and me.

As I move forward with my teaching career, online business, and life in general, I keep her lessons at the forefront of my thoughts each day.

How would you like a boost to your creativity, mindset, and problem-solving ability and develop your Walking Creativity Routine? I explain how walking will allow you to tap into your best creativity and ideas while walking your way to better health and fitness. Walking and creativity go together to problem-solve, visualize, and motivate you to do your best thinking in a transformational process.

Looking and feeling your best requires sacrifices and changes to your lifestyle, and it can feel daunting if you don’t know where to start. This guide will help you begin your journey toward your best self, regardless of whether you’re stuck at home or heading out into the world for some socially distant adventures.

It’s appropriate that I post this on the last day in May as the monthly topic in my book Walking Inspiration is on tracking your progress on your way to health and fitness. My 16-year virtual run around the United State is a great example of tracking progress! Keeping a record of your walking miles will provide you with a wealth of information on your fitness progress. This brings me to my “Virtual Walk Around the United States” and how I’ve tracked my running, now walking miles, since January 1, 2004.

Watch my interview with noted author Spike Carlsen as we discuss his latest book, A Walk Around the Block. "We read books about climbing Mt. Everest, going down the Amazon, and going to the moon but we don't know much about the world right outside our door." -Spike Carlsen. Spike took time out from doing national media to become the first guest on Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration, my weekly walking YouTube show.

Getting out and walking is so important especially if you spend so much time indoors during this Covid-19 crisis. But even before the crisis, many people might have been reluctant to walk for exercise thinking “that something I only do while on vacation.” I’m I right? How many of you will take a walk after dinner while away on vacation? Then, You come back from vacation all refreshed and get right back into the work routine that got you stressed out in the first place.

Just Maybe it was that daily walk the had you refreshed as much as being away? Have you ever thought about the mind-body connection and walking?

In these trying times, we all could use some inspiration. I have been working on Walking Inspiration since early January. I never thought I'd release it during a crisis time in this country and the world... but maybe the message in this book will inspire you towards a healthy and fit lifestyle through walking in order to overcome the times ahead.

A powerful inspirational quote may be just the thing you need to get out the door and take that first step. Write it down and post it where you can read it often throughout the day.

Sometimes all it takes is just a well-thought-out quote or aphorism to inspire and remind yourself you have what it take to succeed and reach your destination. An inspirational quote can give you the needed boost to energize your mindset.

You are just a few steps away from solving your most pressing problems. How to problem solve while walking will give you the tools to take action on your most pressing concerns. Problems, we all have them and at times they can overwhelm you, cause you to lose sleep, and affect every aspect of your life. But, have you ever noticed that some people never get flustered in the face of a major problem? What do they know and do that so many of us don’t?

I am pleased to announce the Amazon release of Walking for Health and Fitness!

Walking for Health and Fitness gives you specific steps to take to get moving today and keep you moving well into the future. It’s 170-pages were designed to be read quickly, highlight the benefits of walking, and most importantly... get you out the door walking!

The eBook, Walking for Health and Fitness is now available on the Kindle Platform via Amazon.com

I love listening to audiobooks! In fact, since I began walking 3 years ago, I’ve listened to dozens of books ranging from bestselling fiction, World War 2 History, How-to books, Internet Marketing, content creation, and my all-time favorite “Why I Love Baseball” by Larry King. Now, most recently I listened to the audiobook version of my Walking for Health and Fitness eBook as a way to review and edit it before its release.

I’ll go so far as to say that most people don’t suffer from lack of motivation, they suffer from lack of why! If you took the steps in the first two videos I posted on this topic, than your motivation is automatic.

The Zone! Have you ever been in it? Can you learn to quickly get there? Can you use this state anytime you want to produce outstanding results? Getting in the zone in 5 easy steps is about a mindset that allows you to expand your thoughts and focus in on what will make you happier, healthier, and fitter. Walking will help you to quickly accomplish this and much more!

To get the most from your walking routine, you must know your why! In this first video in my 3-part series, I’ll raise a number of questions to assist you to in finding your motivation to get you walking and keep you walking.

To get the most from your walking routine, you must know what motivates you. More importantly, what's your why?We’d heard about motivational speakers, motivational quotes, motivational books, and motivational seminars, but do these people and things really get you motivated?