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If your workouts are feeling a little lifeless these days, it's time to leave the ground. I am talking about jumping. Adding a little levity to your workout brings tons of benefits as you fight gravity for your liftoff. As long as your joints are sound, here are reasons for adding some jumps and hops to your fitness life. Tone your legs in record time. Jumping recruits all the major muscles of Read more
Is your pet a leaping lizard, errrr, dog? My lil guy loves hopping up for stranger kisses, and it's something we're constantly working on since he doesn't do this to me. If I have company over, my friends all know the training method I use: Grabbing his paws! When a dog jumps up, gently grasp his paws and hold them firmly in place. While at first most pups won't care, when you don't let go, Read more
Does your dog or cat have mega hops? Not only is this picture totally inspiring, but so are the pup's leaping abilities. I turn it over to you for a high jump answer. Source: Flickr User R'eyes How High? One foot high Two to three feet high Four to five feet high Over six feet high Read more
One of my favorite comments from last night's episode of Greatest American Dog came from Laurie's interaction with the other contestants' dogs. While her Maltese, Andrew, is tiny, he's also super mellow and well-behaved. When Presley (Travis's big Boxer) jumped up on her, she seemed shocked and said that wasn't OK with "Auntie Laurie" . . . ha! How do you feel about your pets jumping up on Read more
If you're starting to get bored with the same old routine then you may want to supplement your workout with a bit of jumping (considering your knees are in good shape). This is because any form of jumping (jumping jacks, jumping rope, plyometrics) burns major calories since you're pushing your body weight against gravity. I'm not saying that you should always do an entire workout of jumping Read more
What's the best way to break in a new bed? Not this way. But, as Bambi here demonstrates, it's a good way to break in a new kid sheep. Read more
You know what they say about a dude on stilts: he's gotta a whole lotta bounce. Need I say more? Read more
I'm sure you all used a jump rope in your junior high gym class, and the idea of picking one up now may seem pretty lame. Let me just say that jumping rope is a great way to get your heart pumping, work on your coordination, your balance, and your agility. It also burns calories beautifully since you're moving your own body weight against gravity. Plus it tones your calves, thighs, back, abs, Read more
Bunny Show Jumping is the new Human Long Jump. Yes, we're getting lazy folks. Read more
Another one bites the dust. Or rather, the dust bites another one. Read more
