Can Walking Your Dog Be a Full-Body Workout?
Walking your dog is essential to your pet’s physical health and yours, too. When your dog tugs at the leash or sprints toward a squirrel, you’re engaging your core, testing your balance, and challenging coordination and grip strength to stay upright, explains Brianna Steinhilber, TODAY health editor and certified personal trainer.
“The stronger and more stable you are, the easier it is to react quickly and prevent a fall,” she says. Train with this workout to keep your balance and muscles in check during your next outing with your pup.
Fitness Tip of the Day: The Farmer’s Carry Can Help You Get Stronger While Walking Your Dog: “If walking your dog leaves your back sore, your arms tired, or your balance feeling off, we can train the muscles that keep you in control,” says Steinbilher. Her favorite way to do so is the farmer’s carry.
Excerpted from Today
