Exercising with Cats

Yesterday it was freezing rain and sadness outside so I decided taking out the trash was more than enough cardio and I could skip the gym if I just followed the exercise apps on my phone.  I planned out a schedule for my evening to be sure I could fit in a half hour of exercise and waited until my cats fell asleep.

I went into the spare room which has lots of room for flailing around on the floor.  I did my warm up stretches and got my phone all set up for a 5 minute ab workout extravaganza!  I got through my regular crunches, right and left oblique crunches, bicycle crunches...and then Harold wandered in.

I have three black cats and Harold is the biggest and most obnoxious.  He's basically a dog who licks you constantly, chews through wires, and spends 40% of his time sitting in the sink with one paw down the garbage disposal fishing for food bits to play with.

He's also one of my best friends in the whole wide world.

So, in comes Harold and he walks all around me, nuzzling my feet, chewing on my hair, and generally getting in the way kind of sort of.  I do some reverse crunches and he sits down next to my head.  Then it's time for extended leg crunches which is apparently the same thing as Harold-sits-on-your-stomach-while-you-do-crunches.  It was mildly uncomfortable but also adorable.  He got very confused as a crunched back and forth.

Anyway, the point is, after all that he got off and snuggled next to my head and licked my ear because he loves me and so I forgive him for jumping on my back in the middle of doing a plank.

Harold & Me