Do you workout better with a partner?

jessica22222

I recently started to work out with a friend and my fitbit says I'm burning an extra 100 calories per workout. Got me thinking that I definitely work out harder with a partner.

How about you?

Keladelphia

Though I do often enjoy working out alone I think I do get a better workout with a partner or another group of people. I'm super competitive by nature so anytime I workout with someone else I find myself pushing a little harder than usual even though it's not intentional.

LazSommer

Depends on the type of workout. Easier to push with a partner strength training - cardio depends on who is in better shape. If they can run circles around me it makes me work harder, not always the same the other way around.

kosmosEP

I just wish I had a partner....forever alone.

Willbenchforcupcakes

I prefer alone with the sole exception of I love my Saturday morning bench crew.

DavPul

Yes

robs_ready

No, Im better by myself

jessica22222

Keladelphia wrote: »

Though I do often enjoy working out alone I think I do get a better workout with a partner or another group of people. I'm super competitive by nature so anytime I workout with someone else I find myself pushing a little harder than usual even though it's not intentional.

That's what I think happens with me too. The other poster mentioned about fitness level. My friend and me are similar in fitness level she might be a bit more. If I was working out with someone with a low fitness level I probably wouldn't work out quite as hard.

viren19890

Yes, it's always me, myself and I. Good times.

Joanna2012B

I can do either. I enjoy the classes that I take, but if I am lifting or running I prefer to be alone!!

BroScience83

kosmosEP wrote: »

I just wish I had a partner....forever alone.

lol

BroScience83

people get in my way

JoRocka

No. I don't mind working in with people- but I prefer to lift alone. Even when I lived with my best friend- we would go to the gym together- spot each other on bench, maybe do abs together and then go our separate ways- we had such different lifting styles- it wasn't worth it.

more of a pain in the a**.

sunnybeaches105

Yes, though it depends on who.

sunnybeaches105

Oops

rybo

Yes if it's the right partner.

Rom3oJuli3tt

Definitely prefer going solo unless I'm showing someone the ropes or with my coach.

itsbasschick

i'm better on my own; i'm in my own little world when i work out intensely - when i worked out with a partner, whether a male or a female, i wasn't able to concentrate as well and it took a little longer for me to move from exercise to exercise.

SonyaCele

i get better workouts with a partner, or even better wtih my coach

blues4miles

I prefer to run solo. Most people are automatically better/faster runners than me even if they just started. If these people are at all competitive or sometimes impatient they have a tendency to try to urge me to go faster. This makes me super grumpy and want to slow down/quit. I am sort of reverse-competitive.

RebeccaNaegle

My fiancé and I lift together and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Steff46

Yes, but with certain activities. Outside workouts like cycling, running, and open water swims are better with others. I seem to push myself more and get more out of it. Inside workouts like lifting, gym cardio, pool swims are mostly alone with my ear buds.

weightlossissues

I love to walk alone when I need to walk faster and longer. But I do like my best half to walk with me. I don't ask him to do it much because he does not need the work out he weights 20 pounds less than me neutral:

Jruzer

I don't play well with others. I do like to have my canine companion on my walks, though. She and I understand each other.

wilsoncl6

Solo all the way when it comes to the gym, too distracting otherwise and too time consuming when you're having to constantly switch out weights on a bar.

robot_potato

Alone. I'm busy pretending i'm she-hulk, don't appreciate distractions.

Willbenchforcupcakes

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

Solo all the way when it comes to the gym, too distracting otherwise and too time consuming when you're having to constantly switch out weights on a bar.

Eh. Switching weights takes almost no time at all. I've been working in a group with working weights from 75-165kg and it takes seconds to switch around.

wilsoncl6

Willbenchforcupcakes wrote: »

show previous quotes

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

Solo all the way when it comes to the gym, too distracting otherwise and too time consuming when you're having to constantly switch out weights on a bar.

Eh. Switching weights takes almost no time at all. I've been working in a group with working weights from 75-165kg and it takes seconds to switch around.

If I'm benching 280 lbs, that's a lot of weight to take off for a partner that's benching 125lbs and back again. Depends on who you're working out with.

wilsoncl6

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

show previous quotes

Willbenchforcupcakes wrote: »

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

Solo all the way when it comes to the gym, too distracting otherwise and too time consuming when you're having to constantly switch out weights on a bar.

Eh. Switching weights takes almost no time at all. I've been working in a group with working weights from 75-165kg and it takes seconds to switch around.

If I'm benching 280 lbs, that's a lot of weight to take off for a partner that's benching 125lbs and back again. Depends on who you're working out with.

I also take limited breaks in between sets, no longer than a minute and allowed longer break after final set between next exercise, no longer than 3 minutes. Working solo, you don't feel rushed or expending unncessary energy on set up.

cwolfman13

I like lifting alone...having a partner just takes more time. My trainer owns the gym that I go to and he practically lives there so if I need a spot or an extra kick in the *kitten* or something, he's more than happy to oblige.

I like cycling both alone, and in groups. Group rides are fun in that they can push you...because if you don't keep up, you're getting dropped...in cycling there is no "wait up"...you just get dropped and then you make your way on your own.

sunnybeaches105

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

show previous quotes

Willbenchforcupcakes wrote: »

wilsoncl6 wrote: »

Solo all the way when it comes to the gym, too distracting otherwise and too time consuming when you're having to constantly switch out weights on a bar.

Eh. Switching weights takes almost no time at all. I've been working in a group with working weights from 75-165kg and it takes seconds to switch around.

If I'm benching 280 lbs, that's a lot of weight to take off for a partner that's benching 125lbs and back again. Depends on who you're working out with.

My wife and I lift together in our garage gym. She can spot me with the little tiny help needed on most minor fails, and I keep the safety pins in the power cage set so if I fail hard on a heavy rep it's not a problem. We generally don't use the same stations at the same time so we don't have the change the weights between sets.