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How to get a full-body workout with your dog

If this doesn’t inspire you to get up and start moving, I don’t know what will.

 

Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

Posted on Nov 11, 2013   Updated on Jun 1, 2021, 2:11 am CDT

Dogs can be more than just a man’s best friend. They can be a man’s best workout partner.

We’re not sure the story behind this Imgur album, but it appears to be the next great fitness trend, like a canine version of Crossfit.

In it, a man uses his pooch as a form of weight resistance, working out his core through a series of pulls and bouts of tug-of-war. If it doesn’t inspire you to get up and start moving, I don’t know what will.

Based on the following GIFs, the Dot devised this can’t-miss workout.

Dog squat

30 reps. Works legs and back

Dog curls

12 reps x 3 sets. Works biceps

Dog row

30 reps. Works back, shoulders, arms, abs

Dog crunches

40 reps. Works abs

H/T Reddit | Photo by Tambako the Jaguar/Flickr

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*First Published: Nov 11, 2013, 4:30 pm CST