{"id":3920,"date":"2016-04-13T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthylivinglondon.com\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2016-04-12T19:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T18:35:38","slug":"pets2adopt-cyprus-charity-bootcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthylivinglondon.com\/fitness-in-london\/pets2adopt-cyprus-charity-bootcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Filth, furballs and fitness at our Animal-Themed Charity Bootcamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Touched by the great work animal charity, Pets2Adopt Cyprus had done to help find homes for stray and abandoned dogs in Cyprus, Sophie from Fitology and Eliza from Healthy Living London decided to put on a bootcamp to raise much-needed funds. These funds would go a small but vital way towards medical bills, transports, blankets and food and accessories, such as leads and collars. Supported by Coconut Merchant, Cherry Active, Propercorn, Bounce Balls and chef, Susie, aka Gourmet Glow, we raised over \u00a3100.<\/h4>\n
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From L to right (backrow) – Sophie, Sophie’s husband, Emma, Christina aka Fitness Magpie, Nat & Alex from Sweat and Swagger, Iliana, Sara (frontrow) – Rosie, Paul from SW4 Fitness, Eliza, Sophie Kay from Fitology with Pip, Amy and her two men – Mo and Humphrey<\/p><\/div>\n

9th<\/sup> April, 7.30am and raining. At 11am Sophie from Fitology and I would be holding an animal-themed Charity Bootcamp. Outside. In the park. This rain had better stop. Come 11am, the rain had indeed stopped but the grass was muddy. Very muddy. This was slightly worrying as our workout was based around animal-movements and a lot of these would require our participants to get down and dirty.<\/p>\n

Ready for a brand new fitness and furball adventure, our 12 bootcampers turned up. Some were well-prepared with gloves and wet-wipes. One wore brand new trainers (I only discovered this at the end \u2013 sorry Paul!) I was particularly proud of Healthy Living London writer, Amy, who was fully decked out in animal prints. ROAR. It was great to have Pip along and also Humphrey, the Puggle.<\/p>\n

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The warm-up: Before everyone got muddy<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bear Crawls at the zoo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul really loving bear crawls. And the mud.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rosie revealing that she was a kangaroo in a former life<\/p><\/div>\n

Our fitness session warm-up included \u2018The Zoo\u2019, which consisted of a variety of animal-themed movements to get muscles moving. People bear-crawled, frog-jumped and crabbed around in a square, both forwards and back (to work slightly different sets of muscles) before Sophie took over the main part of the workout. Again, animal-themed movements were incorporated, although the frogs were upgraded to include burpees as part of their movement (she is a taskmaster!) I personally loved the high-stepping ponies. After a ladder set just to finish people off, we had a cooldown and then goodie bags. Big kudos to everyone who came \u2013 although it wasn\u2019t raining, it was ridiculously muddy and everyone got stuck in which we thought was testament to how awesome our participants were.<\/p>\n

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Pip making Rosie run<\/p><\/div>\n

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Humphrey making Mo work harder<\/p><\/div>\n

A few stats<\/strong><\/h4>\n

– % of mud on the average bootcamper: 40%
\n– Number of animal-themed exercises: 8
\n– % of people smiling by the end: 100% (although we\u2019re not sure whether in relief or from adrenaline)
\n– Number of times mud appeared unexpectedly on belongings even after using baby-wipes: 26
\n– Number of happy dogs: 2
\n– Number of times Pip & Humphrey helped out: 12
\n– Money-raised: \u00a3142.40<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Proud, muddy hands<\/p><\/div>\n

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Still smiling (phew)<\/p><\/div>\n

Pip\u2019s Story<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Pip<\/a>, after all, is the reason why were outside, in the mud, so it makes sense to tell her story. In February 2016, I fostered her (after getting agreement from my husband in a moment of weakness). She arrived on a Monday and it was then I realised she wasn\u2019t house-trained, had an insatiable appetite and was an absolute darling. She was also scared of traffic and was so small, none of the collars I had fitted her. I immediately booked her in for puppy parties and dog training. A few days into having her, Sophie spotted her in a photo I\u2019d uploaded on Facebook and we got talking. Then Sophie came over. Then Sophie\u2019s fianc\u00e9 came over. And then, less than 2 weeks after taking her in, Sophie adopted her. Since then, I\u2019ve personally seen Pip grow into a settled, gorgeous dog. She\u2019s now completely house-trained, can be let off a lead and can even do tricks! It\u2019s been such a pleasure to be part of Pip\u2019s journey from being found on the streets of Cyprus as a starving stray to helping her find her home. And it wouldn\u2019t have happened without Pets2Adopt Cyprus.<\/p>\n

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More about Pets2Adopt Cyprus<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"PEts2Adopt<\/a>Pets2Adopt Cyprus is run by volunteers who rescue dogs off the streets and the high-kill shelters and provide housing or foster homes until a suitable home can be found for them. They also save animals which have been involved in accidents, abused or mistreated. Just take a look at their Facebook page<\/a> for the hundreds of animals that they have helped and are still helping. Once a dog has been vetted and tested for a variety of diseases, they are put up for adoption, facilitating adoptions all across Europe. As well as young dogs, there are also puppies, and older dogs who have been cast aside by owners who have tired of them or have decided to move away.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s many ways you can help supports Pets2Adopt Cyprus: <\/u><\/p>\n