The Best Walking Partner: Man vs. Dog
"Is it better to walk a human or to walk a dog?
New research from the University of Missouri has found that people who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more improvement in fitness than people who walk with a human companion.
To the surprise of the researchers, the dog walkers showed a big improvement in fitness, while the human walkers began making excuses to skip the workout. Walking speed among the dog walkers increased by 28 percent, compared with just a 4 percent increase among the human walkers."
And they never even clocked ME on walkies.
I can see why a dog-walk would be more energetic than a human-companion-walk. After all, with a dog, your focus is on the dog's perspective not what your companion is saying. Makes me wish I had a dog to walk because their perspective is important sometimes!
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