STEPS Archives - Golden Woofs

Most likely you walk with your dog. Walking with your dog is the most common activity that is both health beneficial for you and your dog.

Being healthy and actively fit is very important for my mom.

Beside walking, we run and stair climb together.

If you’ve been a follower of my blog, you would know my mom enjoys stair climbing and participates on a stair climbing event every year.

I am her Sidekick Golden Buddy.

Here I am, sitting on one of the steps we often climb.

These steps are located at one of my favorite parks close to my house.

It is called the Lakefront Park. A dog-friendly park with a PAWSOME view of Lake Michigan. Dogs are welcome to play along the beach area during the months of September – May.

Here I am at the beginning of our stair climb.

How many steps? 72 steps

It does not take us a long time to get to the top.

To access the steps again, we have to go down a hill.

OH I LOVE this part. Here I come…sprinting down.

Then we pass the beach path and park …

and start over again with our stair climb.

Depending on the weather, we do this about 10 times

Did you know that Stair Climbing for 10 minutes a day will burn the same amount of calories as a 20 minute jog. Stairs are great for cardiovascular health and conditioning. It’s a PAWSOME lower body workout for you and your dog.

How do I climb the stairs? I am on a leash (6ft long)……mostly my mom keeps up with my speed especially in the beginning. I’m a Senior Golden DOG but I still got Speedy Golden Legs.

If you have access to stairs, try to incorporate stair climbing

with your daily walks and/or run with your dog.

Be Aware of Stair Climbing FUN …

your dog might develop “stair-obsessions”

After our stair climbing, I hang out here …

while mom does pulls up and stretches.

I also stretch by bowing/leaning backwards as I watch the morning sun.

I am very fortunate to have access to this wonderful park.

I wish I know more about these steps … history and building process.

I spend 3 times a week in this park and I Golden LOVE it.

This post was inspired by my friend George The LAD, who blogs on weekends (Saturday/Sunday Steps) about the different places in his town/city that have steps. It’s lovely to see/read George steps adventures, great photographs too. Click here to check out George’s blog and steps blog posts.

Lots of Golden Woofs