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Jack Leash Your Fitness Leash Your fitness is all about being active with your pet. We have daily fitness classes and monthly activities like yoga, kayaking, hiking, camping, etc. Anything to spice up your daily dog walks so that you can bond with your best furry friend and get a great workout. Jack is our Cairn Terrier mascot who will keep you updated on all of the fun events that he has coming up and show you photos of the ones that we already had. We plan on doing a lot of communication through this blog so please visit often and feel free to leave your comments.

MIM: Time to balance and stretch

On February 16, 2015 / Exercise of the Week

It is COLD in many parts of the country. Time to get your balance and stretch on! This exercise is a great way to do both! I know that I need to do it more often! Stand on your left leg. Bend your right knee and grab a hold of your big toe on your right foot. Balancing on your left leg, kick your right leg to the front, straightening the knee. Keep a straight back while extending your right leg to the front. Keep your tummy tight as you balance! Once you got the kicking out to the front

MIM: Side Step Ups

On February 9, 2015 / Exercise of the Week

Time to mix up your muscle groups with Side Step Ups! Mostly everything we do is forward, you have to use the sides of your body as well to even things out and to keep all muscles working and strong! Adding side movements will help with this! Start on a low surface like a curb and then as you get stronger, move up to a higher stable surface like a bench or piece of play ground equipment. Make sure you keep the weight in your heels so that you really work your booty! This is a great way to practice

Leash Your Fitness is coming to YOU!

On February 6, 2015 / Dog friendly road trip

Leash Your Fitness just celebrated 6 years in business!! Yayyy!!! We are one of the Pioneers in doggy fitness being the longest running Doggy Fitness business in the country! For the last 6 years, we have been having so much fun in San Diego getting people and their dogs FIT by doing all kinds of different fitness classes and outdoor events! Now we want to share the love with people all over the country! Leash Your Fitness began in 2009 because Dawn didn’t want to leave Jack at home when she worked out. She figured others felt the same way. There

Fitness helped both mom and her dog

On February 4, 2015 / Testimonials

We would like to highlight Naomi and Ali this month because we are so proud of how far that they BOTH have come in one short year! It took hard work and dedication but it is paying off! Naomi Hillery started teaching our Leash Your Fitness classes in January 2014. She had recently received her Group Fitness Certification from the American Council on exercise. She was new to the group fitness world and had never taught before but she jumped right in! Her dog, Ali, was having a lot of social issues. She was very reactive to other dogs and was unable to sit through

MIM: Box Jumps

On February 2, 2015 / Exercise of the Week

What to add some EXPLOSIVE movements to your dog walk? Box jumps are a great way to get your heart rate up and to use your leg muscles in a new way. We would suggest that you start low, a curb works great! As you get stronger, move up to a higher stable object like a park bench or piece of playground equipment. Make sure you bend your legs when you jump. Your butt muscles are the largest muscle in your body so USE THEM! Put your weight in your heel and commit to the jump! Bend your knees and