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My PIG is my workout buddy, what's yours?

AEROBICVIC
AEROBICVIC Posts: 159 Member
edited February 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello! I have a potbelly pig who is our house pig. He is the most incredible animal, we just adore him! He is a bit overweight so we have him on a diet and exercise program. We live on 5 acres and our backyard is on a hill. During nice weather i have friends from the gym come over to do an interval training course and Rocky (my pig) comes out to join us. He'll walk part of the hill with us, take a break and wonder up some more on our next lap. Then when we do weights, jump stretch and ab work on the driveway, Rocky will walk all over our yoga mats checking stuff out. If we are on the groud doing leg lifts, he'll walk under our legs not allowing us to drop them too far! He is such a hoot! When i do yoga in the living room, he has to come over and try to lay in my lap for belly rubs.....he's 270 pounds, not quite the little "lap" pig at 9 pounds when we got him!! sooooo, who is your workout buddy?

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  • scookiemonster
    scookiemonster Posts: 175 Member
    Too cute! I've always kind of wanted a pet pig :-)

    I have two dogs who are my workout buddies. My boy loves to run with me - I don't even need a leash, he just stays right next to me. My girl likes to run too, but she's lazy and wants to lay down after about 5-10 minutes. We're working on her endurance. The two of them get very confused if I try to do any floor exercises in the house though - don't do any jumping jacks or push-ups in the morning unless you want to wake up the whole neighborhood with their barking!
  • AEROBICVIC
    AEROBICVIC Posts: 159 Member
    Sweet! A running buddy and a protector all in one!
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    My dog lays on the floor and watches me while I workout. He's my motivational workout buddy :)
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