How to Stay Consistent with Your Walking Routine Even When Life Gets Messy
We all start with good intentions. But then life happens…
What do you do when your schedule is packed and time disappears?
How do you stay on track with your walking habit when motivation hits rock bottom?
And when your energy is drained, how do you even begin?
In this episode of the Walking for Health and Fitness Podcast, I share powerful tools and personal stories to help you stay consistent—especially when it’s hardest to do so.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ The 3 biggest roadblocks to walking—and how to walk through them
✅ “The Power of Small Wins” and why they matter more than motivation
✅ A story from my own life when everything told me not to walk—and why I did anyway
✅ The neuroscience of walking: serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, GABA, and oxytocin
✅ Why journaling and tracking your walks rewires your brain for success
✅ How walking gives you back time by improving mental clarity and focus
✅ BONUS: Step Forward Challenge – A One-Mile Reset Walk to reconnect with your rhythm and purpose
✅ A critical PSA: Men, please get your PSA levels checked. Ladies, encourage the men you love to take this simple life-saving test.
Step Forward Challenge of the Week:
Take a One-Mile Reset Walk using the Building Awareness Walking Mindset from the Walking Works Program.
No distractions—just your breath, your steps, and your thoughts.
Ask yourself:
Where in my life do I need to keep walking, even when it’s hard?
Links and Resources Mentioned:
👉 Join the Walking Works Program
Build a routine that lasts with daily guidance, videos, mindset tools, music, and 10 weeks of follow-up coaching.
🟢 Click here to get started
📰 Subscribe to the WIN Newsletter (Walking Inspiration Now)
Get weekly walking prompts, mindset shifts, and quick health tips straight to your inbox.
🟢 Join for free
Ready to turn your walking routine into a lasting habit? Grab the Walking Works Blueprint and take your first step toward real results.
📖 Read My 16-Year Journey Around the U.S. (Virtually)
Discover how tracking my progress kept me going for over a decade.
🟢 Read the full story here
🎧 Listen to Episode 24: How Walking Saved My Life
If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out my personal story of cancer detection and how walking helped me through it.
🟢 Listen to Episode 24
🔁 Let’s Keep This Going…
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Together, we walk stronger.
Frank S. Ring
Author: Walking for Health and Fitness, Fitness Walking and Bodyweight Exercises, Walking Inspiration, Walking Logbook Journal , and Walking Works Blueprint
