Have you thought about making your pet your gym partner? Do not? Well maybe you should think about the possibility that your dog is not only your best friend, but also your coach.
Walk with a pedometer
You take your dog to the street three times a day and it's time to optimize that effort. Start by walking at a good pace of 10 minutes a day during the first week and then go to sessions of 15 to 20 minutes in the second. It is important that you get a pedometer to control the number of steps you take . Write down how much you have walked in three days and aim to increase that figure by 25% a week. For example, if you take 4,000 steps, do 5,000 the first week, 6,250 the second and so on until you reach 10,000 daily steps.
Take a ball or a toy
Include in your walk kit a soft toy that you can throw for your dog to give it back to you. Bending over to pick up the ball, throw it, pick it up and throw it again means for you a whole series of flexibility exercises that make your joints and muscles work easily while improving your balance.
Why don't you run together?
If you have mastered the walks and have managed to walk your 10,000 daily steps at a good pace, perhaps it is time to consider something stronger, such as running . First of all, you should know that there are dogs that are not able to run for a long time . This is the case of puppies, short-legged dogs, very large dogs, breeds with flat snouts or even greyhounds and hounds, which is true that they run very fast, but for a short time. That is why you must be careful when designing the training . Start by alternating the walk with small slow runs to the trot of just about 30 seconds. Then, it includes faster career bursts interspersed with jogging. Accelerate the pace one minute and slow down 90 seconds.
A little relaxation
Do you know the doga ? Well, it's nothing more than doing a yoga session, but with your dog . This trend, which you can already find in canine training centers in our country (such as lealcan.com or pateducadoracanina.com), was created by the American Suzy Teitelman . The goal is not only to tone and stretch our muscles, but to achieve greater connection with our four-legged friend and achieve both deep relaxation. Through the guided realization of some asanas adapted to allow contact with the animal, it is possible in each session to exercise the body and strengthen the education and bond with our dog.
