Watch the fitness class practicing a weird exercise that involves two baby goats
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A fitness class which practices a weird exercise that involves two baby goats has become a huge hit in Scotland.
The class has become Scotland’s first fitness class to practice pilates with goats.
The exercise involves two baby goats who climb on top of the participants at Bellcraig Farm, Glenrothes, Fife.
One-year-old baby goats, Hazel and Mabel make the participants relax and love interacting with people at the fitness class.
39-year-old organiser Jo Munro, from Edinburgh, said she took part in goat yoga classes while she was on holiday in the US and this idea came from there.
Jo said: “I went to California last year and it’s massive there so I went and tried it and thought I have to bring this back to Scotland. It’s not sore but the goats are reasonably heavy so it does make it more challenging.”
“The kids are quite agile and nimble so it can be like a massage with their hooves, but you wouldn’t want it on your bare skin.”
“When people arrive we go and collect the goats from the field and take them into this little stone cottage which has a stove so it’s nice and cozy.”
After finishing the classes, the participants feed the lambs and play with the farm’s dogs. Jo said that they have been doing it for a couple of months now and it has become quite popular in a few months.
She said: “There is a maximum of six people to two goats. Goat pilates is something everyone has seen on YouTube and I think you either love it or hate it.”
She said the exercise with baby goats makes everyone very happy and joyful.
“It is complete hilarity and it makes everyone really happy and they leave on a high feeling really joyful. There is an animal therapy side to it. You let out endorphins that make you feel good, like when you pet an animal.”
“The goats add that extra element to the pilates. If you are holding a plank with a 10kg goat on your back it is going to be much harder.”
“It seems to have really captured people who were intrigued and finding it really cute”, she added.
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