{"id":543,"date":"2009-06-09T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:11:22","slug":"furry-pals-can-be-partners-in-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2009\/06\/09\/furry-pals-can-be-partners-in-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Furry pals can be partners in fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FromMadison Park for CNN FitNation<\/p>\n<p>Under the California sun in a place known as Muscle Beach, where bronzed bodybuilders pump their cannon-size biceps, an energetic brunette works her arms &#8212; and the weight purrs its approval. <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div id=\"imageChanger1\">\n<div class=\"cnnStoryPhotoBox\">\n<div id=\"cnnImgChngr\" class=\"cnnImgChngr\">\n<div id=\"cnnImgChngrNested\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/2009\/HEALTH\/06\/05\/fat.cats.owners.exercise\/art.cat.yoga.tb.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Brown practices yoga with Lucky Cat in Venice Beach, California.\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cnnStoryPhotoCaptionBox\">\n<div class=\"cnn3pxTB9pxLRPad\">\n<p>Tara Brown practices yoga with Lucky Cat in Venice Beach, California.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnnStoryPhotoBoxNavigation\">\n<div id=\"cnnImgChngrPrvsLbl\"><a style=\"cursor: default;\" onclick=\"CNN_ArticleChanger.CNN_navChngBack(); return false;\" onmouseover=\"CNN_changeImg('cnnImgChngrPrvsBtn',1)\" onmouseout=\"CNN_changeImg('cnnImgChngrPrvsBtn')\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/06\/05\/fat.cats.owners.exercise\/index.html#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"cnnImgChngrPrvsBtn\" title=\"Click to view previous image\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/img\/2.0\/content\/in_the_news\/left_gray_btn.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click to view previous image\" width=\"26\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"cnnImgChngrLbl\">1 of 3<\/div>\n<div id=\"cnnImgChngrNxtLbl\"><a onclick=\"CNN_ArticleChanger.CNN_navChngFrwd(); return false;\" onmouseover=\"CNN_changeImg('cnnImgChngrNxtBtn',1)\" onmouseout=\"CNN_changeImg('cnnImgChngrNxtBtn')\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/06\/05\/fat.cats.owners.exercise\/index.html#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"cnnImgChngrNxtBtn\" title=\"Click to view next image\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/img\/2.0\/global\/pic_changer\/next.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click to view next image\" width=\"26\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnnWireBoxFooter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/img\/2.0\/mosaic\/base_skins\/baseplate\/corner_wire_BL.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"4\" height=\"4\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger('cnnImgChngr','\/2009\/HEALTH\/06\/05\/fat.cats.owners.exercise\/imgChng\/p1-0.init.exclude.html',2,1);<\/p>\n<p>\/\/CNN.imageChanger.load('cnnImgChngr','imgChng\/p1-0.exclude.html');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->Tara Brown of Venice Beach, California, noticed that her white, spotted cat, Lucky Cat, would scurry between her feet whenever she pumped barbells.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time I do exercises, stretching, yoga, she was all over me,&#8221; Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than pushing her away, Brown got inspired. 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