If the dog is overweight YOU are not getting enough exercise.
Just where do you exercise when you live on a boat? You'll not have enough dedicated space for a home gym or even one piece of decent equiptment. Fear not, it can be done and I offer you some suggestions that have worked for me as a long-time liveaboard.
I love a folding bike as part of the liveaboard exercise regime because it is light and compact, folds and unfolds for easy storage. These bikes ride like any standard road bike and looks good. I had a standard bike that I had to keep in the marina bike-stand and the dampness and salt air ruined it in just a few months - what a waste of money that was. You can keep a folding bike in your car trunk (that's what I do) or store it on the boat: perfect for the liveaboard.
when you can't walk the dog. What then?- how can you walk the dog.
Live aboards do get exercise just walking up and down the marina ramp, and the long walk to and from car to boat. Boaters have a love of outdoors and those of us with dogs do get to take long walks with our pets several times a day. Is that enough? Perhaps to feel good, but obviously not enough to keep fit or lose weight.
What does a liveaboard do? I'm no fitness nut, but I do like to keep feeling good, and over the years I've tried every way a small space will allow and I've come up with several winners.
What is a good exercise to do in a small space such, as a boat, to lose weight and keep fit?
In most forms of yoga there are three components to doing yoga: breathing, concentration and physical poses.Obviously, to practice yoga, you will need to find precious space on your boat. The great thing about Yoga is you need only the space your mat and body need. In some cases, using a combination of different spaces or areas inside and outside your boat can be effective. You may have a wall in the salon where you do against-the-wall poses and another space on the deck or dock where you practice freestanding poses. Many poses are perfect with small spaces in mind.
I'm no yoga expert, and I use it mainly to stretch and keep myself flexible and moving with ease. I feel better when I do the poses at least 3 times a week, and it does help with weight control.
At our marina is a group of live aboards who get together in the morning and practice Yoga around the pool. One of the features of yoga that has helped boost its popularity with those of us who live on a boat is that it is easy to practice the routines onboard and no special equipment is necessary.
Although it's best to begin yoga in a class with a teacher who can help you make sure you're doing the postures correctly, there are also lots of videotapes, CD's, and books that can help you get started. I love Yoga Onboard
Yoga Onboard offers creative alternatives to adapting yoga postures to a boat. Using various parts of the boat as props, the author demonstrates how easy it is to do yoga on whatever size boat you have.
Yoga items that you may want to purchase once you decide that yoga is for you!
Basic Level OM Yoga in a Box
Blue Cotton Yoga Rug
You will find it hard to put these Hugger Mugger rugs away after practice because they are so beautiful! Place these colorful cotton rugs over your yoga mat to create a comfortable, absorbent surface for practice; very useful on a boat!
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