Quadrobics is honestly one of my most favorite things to do, aha.
I've done it all my life, and will definitely continue to do so until this human body no longer allows me. ^^

i do it and i see nothing wrong with anyone doing it itself, it's just that a lot of young kids think that doing quadrobics makes them a therian, and lots of those people are probably not really therians, just confused kids who are furries maybe. of course, you can be a therian at that age and do quadrobics in a mask on tiktok, and it doesn't hurt anyone if they do it, as long as we can inform them on what therians really are so that non-therian ones don't falsely claim to be a therian. even if they aren't therians they are welcome to do that still, its just some harmless fun and anyone can do quadrobics if they want

I really like quadrobics, but it's kinda hard for me to do because my house is crowded, and I'm kinda tall. But, if I go on a trail outside without many people on it, it's easier for me to do and it's really fun!

Personally I'm not a fan of quadrobics. I'm sure it'd be a good workout, but I'm not the type to do intensive exercise. That, and I much rather walk around on just my legs in most cases.

Hey all,

For clarification I should state that I experience therianthropy as a state of permanent integration with wolf aspects. My nature is part human and part wolf and I am neither and both. Beside that I also experience dreamshifts.


I used to believe that I must have been a wolf in a past life or something, but after discussing this in the community, I've changed my mind somewhat:

(2019-08-13 20:06)DustWolf Wrote:  Yesterday I caught the tail end of the STDC and the topic was dreamshifts.

While talking to the others and basically being willing to admit that I am wrong and learn something, I've come to an important realisation.


To date I've always seen my dreamshifts as experiences by some wild wolf somewhere, being somehow expressed into my dreams. Either being past life memories or somehow having a wolf's experiences beamed into my mind (I think it's called astral shifting, or it's even more supernatural cousin: bilocation shifting). The problem is I don't really believe in these things and I always found the experience difficult to square with how I think the world works. Of course, therianthropy itself is difficult to square with how I think the world works, so this wasn't new.

But after that conversation, I'm beginning to think that the dreamshifts are instead more -- the dreams of a wild wolf who has lived my human life. This wild wolf is me and thus is always with me in my life. I just don't allow myself to think like a wild animal while I am awake, and therefore the way the wolf sees the world kind of surfaces while I am asleep, in my dreams. I like this explanation a lot more, because not only does it fit just fine with my experiences, it also doesn't require anything supernatural, to make sense.

Well, short of the fact that I am somehow a wolf without being related to one. But I'm sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this as well.

My current theory to explain my therianthropy, is that it is inborn. We are born therians.

I've noticed that while none of my ancestors are wolves in the sense that I am, the traits I ascribe to my therianthropy, some of them are present in my family members. I believe that by a freak chance, the traits required for someone to be a wolf while being human, have manifested in me specifically.

This may seem unlikely, but firstly: It isn't. There is this thing called convergent evolution, sometimes when natural organisms are faced with the same problems, they come up with the same solutions. The way a wolf mind works, works for many wolves who are animals living in a social setting. Humans live in a very similar setting, maybe for some humans like me, the wolf mindset works as well.

Secondly, genetics is random by nature, and is bound to produce all kinds of variants, eventually.


The way therians are spread out in the world makes sense with this explanation. However even if I am correct and it is genetic, it does not necessarily mean it will be inherited. I do not believe two therians having a child have much of a chance of producing a therian child. Knowing many therians over the years as a staffer for this forum, I know that most therians have very little in common with other therians. Everyone is affected by therianthropy differently.

Take this to a Punnett square, assuming a wolf therian has 50% of wolf traits and two such therians have a child, the child will have a 25% chance of inheriting enough traits to also be a therian. And in the real world as said, the odds are much smaller still. If you think your sibling or parent is also a therian, odds are they are lying to you to make you feel better. Almost nobody I know on TG has other therians anywhere near where they are IRL.


I do believe that while we might be born therians, not all therians end up looking up Therianthropy online. I think a big contributing factor to people ending up in online therian communities is some kind of hardship or abuse in life. When we've undergone abuse, we end up more strongly motivated to look for answers and we tend to find online therian communities. This is my explanation why, if you ask, most therians will answer that they've been through abuse in online polls.

I guess people who are therians who've had normal childhoods just aren't very likely to ever look us up.

LP,
Dusty

I'm trying to get into quadrobics again, but I had been pretty sedentary for the past year or two due to some mental health problems, so it's very difficult...
That being said, I really like quadrobics, but I think it's very strange that on TikTok and such, people think that's what therianthropy is.
Even so... It might be better than us being perceived as Tumblr "kinnies".

I already posted here but...
I only do some quadrobics when I get species dysphoria and standing up feels weird, only to feel connected to my tehriotype and not to "show off" in the way TikTok therians do

Pop,
Bubbles

(2021-03-03 19:16)Lopori Wrote:  Fun, though making a regular habit out of it might not be great for your back I'd imagine!

You know the funny thing is that when I last had back problems, I got this pamphlet from the doctor's office telling me that a good way to prevent back issues is to do (what looked to me like) regular quadrobics exercises.

Of course the irony is that how I developed those back issues in the first place was by doing a quadrobics stretch in the morning, that was actually in the pamphlet. (I was trying to see if I could make physical exercise make me feel more in touch with my wolf side.)

So... I guess take it with a grain of salt, but I guess if you do it regularly and don't expect too much from your body too quickly, it can be healthy for you. Our backs are after all inherited from quadrupedal animals and don't work very well for being bipedal.

LP,
Dusty

I'd love to do quadratics. Unfortunately I'm a bit of a couch potato, so I'd have to put a little bit of work in if I wanted to perform it without hurting myself accidentally.

I just kinda wish that it wasn't the face of therianthropy like it is right now...

As someone who was both an avid user of Therian Amino and a former administrator, it wasn't uncommon to see many of the newcomers ask for tips on their quadrobics or request a chatroom to be made in dedication to the exercise itself. Needless to say, quadrobics definitely wasn't unheard of over there.

I believe it can be a great exercise for someone to practice when possible, as as I see it, there's a good amount of benefits from it. Not only does it incorporate the usage of multiple parts of the body into the overall experience, but it also can be a great way to act out on instincts to drop down on all fours and move about as one's theriotype would.

Tiktok definitely has a good sum of quadrobic videos amassed, though so does Instagram and YouTube if you dig deep enough. There was a trend going around in the equestrian community, of which that still goes on today, around 2014 to 2016 or so where kids would post videos to their instagram page of them jumping as horses do in the arena. At the time there wasn't a link to therianthropy or anything along those lines with these posts, it was really a matter of being that horse kid at the barn lol.

All in all, I see quadrobics as a pretty positive exercise to check out and see how it may benefit the individual in question