--- title: Motivational Dog Takes Man's Workout to the Next Level description: A therapy dog is collecting plenty of admiration and awe thanks to this adorable viral clip. canonical: https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-10T13:18:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:21.642Z og:title: No Can Take a Workout to the Next Level Like This Very Motivational Dog og:description: "Working out is always better with your bestie!" og:url: https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: No Can Take a Workout to the Next Level Like This Very Motivational Dog twitter:description: "Working out is always better with your bestie!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # No One Takes a Workout to the Next Level Like This Very Motivational Therapy Dog by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 10, 2020 1:18 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 10, 2020 1:18 PM UTC Everyone needs a little encouragement from time to time, something that is on full display right here in this [workout](https://time.com/5502429/best-workout-songs/) with a dog. A clip of “Magnus the therapy dog” busting some killer moves with his owner has made the duo an exercise sensation on Instagram and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/humorandanimals/status/1237063270462259201). Magnus, you see, is a three-year-old Lab and certified therapy dog who clearly has a keen eye for subpar sit-ups and a take-no-prisoners attitude. In the short video, Magnus spots his owner, rests atop him for some weighted pressups and just generally provides the most fitspirational company a gym-goer could dream of. Yes, Magnus even does the downward facing [dog!](https://time.com/5793822/stella-mccartney-animals-fashion-show-2020/) Magnus has collecting plenty of praise and admiration from the masses — hopefully even the occasional doggie treat as a post-cardio snack — because there’s no excuse for skipping a set with man’s best friend as a motivator. Personal training will never be the same again. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/"},"headline":"No One Takes a Workout to the Next Level Like This Very Motivational Therapy Dog","datePublished":"2020-03-10T13:18:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:21.642Z","description":"A therapy dog is collecting plenty of admiration and awe thanks to this adorable viral clip.","url":"https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5800088/therapy-dog-workout/","name":"No One Takes a Workout to the Next Level Like This Very Motivational Therapy Dog"}}]}] ```