There’s nothing like working out with your pet. Here are 10 Specific exercises you can do with your pet so you can both shed extra pounds and get in shape.
- Figure 8 – Move your treat around your leg in a figure 8 format as you pass the treat from the left to your right arm and back.(Similar to a kettlebell figure 8 exercise). Here you’re working our quads, glutes, and obliques.
- Plyometrics (Jumping Jacks with a treat) – Jump up then down and touch the ground in front of pet and the jump up again. This works power, speed, agility, and it exercises your heart and quads.
- Core – (Superman to Banana) – Lie on belly lift arms and legs up while you hold treat. Turn around on your back as you lift arms and legs up. This works your core and Erector Spinae Muscles.
- Core (Bird Dog) – Hold treat as you extend opposing limbs. The elbow of the right hand touches the knee of the left leg and back. Alternate limbs. Your pet should follow you as you hold the treat. This works the core stabilizers.
- Core (Plank treat transfer) – Transfer the treat from the right side of the ground to the left side using your left arm and then from the left side to the right side using your right arm as your pet follows you. This is similar to the “plank weight transfer” exercise (using a dumbbell).
- Agility – Run agility course with your dog. This is a great way to do calisthenics and cardio at the same time.
- Walking with your pet – But everyone knows this one. J
- Squats- Hold your pet as you squat down and then back up. This works your quads and your glutes.
- Deadlifts – Hold your pet and bend at the hips as you reach down and the push through the heals and glutes as you come up. This works your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back.
- Do Schutzhund (Obedience, protection, and tracking) with your dog. Holding the sleeve for bite work can strengthen your upper body muscles, tax your cardiovascular system, and raise your heart rate for fat loss.
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