College classes--what kind of exercise?

GaiaGirl1992

I am taking a large animal nursing class, which includes anything from horses and cattle to chickens, from restraint to mucking to feeding. I have no experience with these animals outside my classes, so working with these animals makes me sweat A LOT most days.

This should count as exercise right? but as what? my heart beats fairly fast, and I am always sweating and ravenous when class is done. Its once a week, from 8:45-11:20am or so.

opinions needed and appreciated!

CelticDestiny

As a CVT (in Arizona) working with animals is totally a workout. I didn't work with large animals but wrestling a large dog for just a nail trim certainly should have counted for something. When I was working (now I'm a stay at home mom) I was always curious how my calorie expenditure looked, but that was before I tried to get healthy so I never followed through to find out.

In this case maybe you could get (or borrow if you know someone who has one) a heart rate/calorie monitor and then add your own exercise to your database.

Good luck with the Vet Tech career, it is soooo rewarding but can be so heart breaking too.

GaiaGirl1992

yea I can already tell it's gonna be heartbreaking....I'm such a tender heart! and i'm wondering about buying a hrm, just gotta wait for that loan money from school lol