Advice for Cat Owners when Exercising

hcn74

My kitten sits on my hip during side planks. Extra resistance thanks to Diego!

baisleac

or...lock them in a bedroom or a crate

hahahaha omg. i have tears im laughing so hard. but seriously...I love kitties thats mean!

edit: and way to time consuming to catch them and shove them in the crate

But GREAT exercise... all that running and jumping and squating and push ups looking under the bed... pre-workout workout!

brattyworm

My cat walked in front of me today while I was stretching, so I picked him up and did Romanian dead lifts with him. I expected him to run away when I set him down. Instead he looked stunned for a few moments, and then he came back and rubbed on my legs, so I picked him up and did some more. He started purrrrrrrring! If only he weighed more so I could actually use him for a real work out. 13lbs just isn't enough.

I could loan you a 15 lb one and I garauntee he won't be quite as happy to be your work out toy so you could get an extra work out trying to hold on to him. I counted that as a calorie burn the day we had to do shots. The vet agreed I was allowed to keep a hold of them since they didnt fight me as much but still 15 lbs trying to get away makes your muscles work a bit. And that was times 2 since I have two of them.

No, thanks. I have three of my own problem children without taking on more kitties. I'm pretty lucky with mine that they don't fight too much at the vets or anything. I do have to admit I was very surprised that I was able to do the RDLs with the one. He hates to be picked up. He'd rather climb on you when you least expect it.

thats ok, my husband wouldn't let me get rid of them anyway, and i do love them they're really great kitties... we are at a point though we will have to let them gas them to put them under for shots. that last round of shots was with a house vet it was our last option. the vet techs at the vets office are scared of them and the groomer has banned them... sigh.. i can't blame them, it just makes it difficult cause i dont want them to get hurt but they're starting to get up in age and i'm afraid the anger and figh they put up could cause issues.

yanicka

I caught my cat weighing herself..... I am a bad influence!!!!