Inspired by my experiences over the past few months, I have decided to establish a weekly “Ladies’ Walking Club”. The goal of the LWC is to combine some easy exercise with an opportunity to socialize. I have started by inviting some friends to join me every Thursday for an hour-long walk, starting at 6 pm. The time was chosen to coincide with when most people could get to a central location on their way home from work.
I wanted to encourage those who are not actively exercising to get started with an easy stroll. In addition, I wanted to provide an opportunity for these women to meet and talk with other professional women. Essentially, exercising and networking at the same time.
Walking seemed like the perfect activity — it’s easy to do and requires only a comfortable pair of shoes. It doesn’t require much in the way of skill or attention to detail and it is easy to have a conversation while you’re doing it.
They say it takes 3 weeks to make an activity a habit so I hope it won’t be too long to get some people hooked on a regular physical activity. I also hope to create a network of professional women that will help each other.
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you go girl!! i started a girls fitness group a while back but we mostly get together and eat fattening food lol, really it turned into more of a Bible Study over time. I love the friendships that got deveoped over time too. now one or two of them go running with me on another day :-)
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