Al Roker Shares Adjusted Wellness Routine After Health Struggles, Talks 'Today' Show Future (Exclusive)

Al Roker. ET spoke with the 68-year-old weatherman alongside his co-hosts of the third hour of, Sheinelle Jones, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer, during a visit to St.

Francis Winery & Vineyards in Santa Rosa, California, for the  show's special two-day segment highlighting the area's local artisans, wine and culinary offerings.According to NBC, the «Start Today» event will include «enlightening conversations, wellness-focused activities and outdoor excursions.» Roker would know a lot about that — Melvin revealed that the segment was inspired by the beloved weatherman's own wellness journey. «He's not gonna tell you this because he plays humble on television [but] this was borne from Al Roker's walks,» Melvin explained to ET. «He used to walk through Central Park and he'd rack up, like, 10 or 20,000 steps.

And all of a sudden someone was like, 'You should start a walking club on the show! Then, next thing you know, half a million people are walking around America.»Roker humbly credited his doctor for the inspiration, sharing, «Well, my doctor told me he wanted me walking five miles a day, call him at the end of the week.

I called him, he said, 'Where are you?' I said, 'I'm 35 miles from home!'»The famed anchor has had to adjust his wellness routine following long stints in the hospital late last year due to blood clots in his leg that ultimately veered to his lungs.