Does walking the dog count as morning exercise?

Someone walks with dog, someone runs. So i think it’s count as morning exercise. Especially, if you do exercises while you walk.

Heck yeah, it does! Ideally, your walk is brisk, and your heart rate is elevated. A dog is certainly a great motivator to get this workout happening!

Yes, but it depends on how long the walk is and how fast your walking. 30 minutes of brisk walking is fine, so is 7-15 minutes of running. (Try not to jog much as possible)

I think it depends how long. I think a slow, 15 minute walk may not count as your day’s exercise, but a speedy, 30 minute walk I think does!

I think it does. You go outside, get some fresh air and sun and move of course. For light activity as a beginning I think it’s perfect, if you wanna increase the intensity in the future you can change tempo of your walking or start running with your dog. But morning is about getting you energized for the rest of the day so. I would say it’s a perfect way to do that :)

I walk my dogs every evening and I have a walking app that syncs with my food journal app. It counts the calories I burned, the distance and time that I walked. Most days that is my only exercise.

Is it easy for you to walk with a dog,? Part of the reason to start exercising is to start smth new and somewhat hard and continue doing so. So if walking with a dog is easy to do and you already do so every day - start something else too. Otherwise it’s ok.

I think that walking your dog is a great way to excercise. It’s always nice to be outside in the fresh air. You also get to spend time with your dog which is always nice and makes me happy :)

Yes of course! Also, I could have never been able to start running, if I did not have the habit of walking the dog. All I needed was the amazing exercising journey (which before trying I though that it would be unbearable like others that I have tried, but it actually is urned out been much better than all the others that I have tried and way more manageable) and replacing the walking with a mix of walking and running.

Absolutely! Especially if you have a dog prone to pulling on the leash, you will get an upper body and core work out as a bonus 😃