Do you exercise every day? Do you make time for it? Are you enjoying it? Do you do it with your pets?
Why do we need to exercise?
Exercise is any activity that requires a physical effort that if carried out successfully, will help sustain or improve health and fitness. Exercising is one of the best tools to keep your body fit and healthy. You have to allot time and effort to see good results in the future. A daily routine of exercises helps achieve a good body fit and gets along with a healthy living. You may even prepare your list of exercises per day to cover the necessary physical activity required for your build. Exercising gives you health benefits, both physically and mentally. Moreover, it may help you live a longer life.
Exercising daily provides a lot of benefits. Here are some you can tag along:
- Helps you control your weight gain
- Helps you fight diseases and bad health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure
- It helps you improve your mood and everyday outlook.
- Enhance your self-esteem
- It uplifts your sense of focus and boosts energy.
- Develops socialization and sense of artistry
- Gain fun and excitement
- Strengthens your heart and improves circulation
- Improved quality of sleep
- Promotes better sex life
The above-mentioned are only a few of the benefits you can gain from daily exercise. As you go along with your daily exercise, you will know how much it positively affects your lifestyle. Gradually changing and scaling up your routines is necessary. Exerting efforts in exercising pays off to a good, healthy body, that will surely last a long period of time.
Exercising with your dog
Have you tried doing your exercise routines with your dog? It will be a different story to tell. It will double the fun and excitement of doing your daily dose of exercise. Exercise with your dog 
outdoors has benefits for you too. Aside from having a time well-spent with your fur baby, you are keeping your body’s wellness too. Dogs are a very active type of mammal. Their energy is incomparable that you have to cope up with it to maintain their health and keep them fit as well.
As much as humans maintain their healthy living, it goes the same way with our pets. Creating a variety of activities will both give you and your dog the best time of enjoyment while maintaining health fitness. A day full of excitement and eagerness to do the exercises together. It equates to a good source of fulfilment and wonders of exercising together. You and your dog will surely fall out of the madness! Alternatively, you can get your dog to run on a treadmill in your house to keep him fit.
How much exercise do dogs need?
Dog breeds differ in need of exercise routines. You have to base it on their size, their body builds, their age, and overall health condition. Considering the weather, warm or cold, dogs still need to exercise to keep their bodies in the best shape. Initially, simple routines will do. Little by little, you can adjust them considering the condition of your pet dog. Preparing a variety of activities will help kick out the boredom and pull out that ball of energy inside their body. Aside from keeping your dog in their best shape, reduction of health issues will be observed as you also keep a good bond out of doing this together. It is natural to base activity in line with your dog’s energy level and physical ability.
Here are some basic activities that you and your dog will love doing together:
- Walking outdoors – having time breathing some fresh air while exercising. Indeed, a good start.
- Biking – while your dog tags along with you, biking is diverse.
- Jogging – say hi to your neighbors. Let your dog wave a paw!
- Swimming – cooling down while doing water activities. Splash some water!
- Play games – tug of war, fetch, puzzles, hide and seek.
- Hiking – who loves to see God’s beautiful creations from the top? Me! Oh, my dog as well! Arf!
- Push-ups – stretch out and show off that muscular physique.
Exercising between 30 minutes to 2 hours is enough for you and your dog to stay on track for a good and healthy body fit. Maintaining this length will help you get the adequate physical activity needed to work out your dog. Not exercising your dog can lead to many problems that you sure don’t want to face in the future.
Both you and your dog shook off some calories out of your body shells. Work out those joints and keep them active in a well-behaved manner. Shake off the stress and feel the excitement. Share the happiness with your dogs and let them feel the love they truly deserve. Exercising is best for your body and your dog breeds. It is well encouraged to exercise the dogs regularly to help them tone their muscles, to have the body parts (in and out) function well, and have proper behaviour. A tired dog is a happy and fulfilled dog!
Exercise alone, or have it done with your dog?
I’d rather choose exercising with a dog’s company. Pet dogs easily capture the heart in ways we cannot explain how. The love and loyalty of a pet dog are far unconditional, and keeping them as a family is more than enough to pay them back. Exercising with them is a bonus, and doing it outdoors with your dog has benefits for you too. So, could you do it now? Exercise with your fur baby and keep your body healthy and fit.
Daily activities don’t always require a human friend. Sometimes, the presence of your dog joining in your daily activities is also worth the while. Have an exercise filled with fun and excitement with your dog! Dogs have their own special way on how to make you look at things differently. Ensure that you have sufficient water intake, before and after the exercise.
Indoor or outdoor, make a difference with your daily exercise! Arf!
