do you work out infront of your other half?

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  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Nope, my husband doesn't go the gym with me and if he does, his workouts are totally different than mine. He only does the treadmill, bike and maybe some machines. He doesn't take any fitness classes with me or alone either,

    I just do my own thing.
  • raisingemilyjune
    raisingemilyjune Posts: 181
    Sure do! My man works-out with me 6 days a week. We lift together. We do our cardio together.
  • WTF7
    WTF7 Posts: 140 Member
    Yep! I am usually on the treadmill or elliptical while he drinks beer and watches. Lol...
  • moustache_flavored_lube
    moustache_flavored_lube Posts: 849 Member
    Yes I do!!! My other half bounces and jiggles through all my workouts

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  • FinallyDoingMe
    FinallyDoingMe Posts: 84 Member
    Yep! I am usually on the treadmill or elliptical while he drinks beer and watches. Lol...

    mine does the same thing! lol
  • carfamily08
    carfamily08 Posts: 179
    All the time. He usually doesn't comment unless I ask first though. But he's seen me give birth 3 times so working out in front of him is NBD anymore ;-)
  • acrue21
    acrue21 Posts: 22 Member
    We workout together as a team.
  • ladyonaquest
    ladyonaquest Posts: 605 Member
    I love working out in front of my husband because I go even harder then...LOL!! I try to show off in front of hm. So on the nights when I feel like I"m going to half *kitten* do my workout, I ask my husband to come and watch me and he doesn't have a clue that I'm using him..LOL!!
  • seawolf86
    seawolf86 Posts: 55
    I always work out with my fiancé! We do cardio and weight training together and it is very motivational. I just started going to the gym a year ago for the first time (with his encouragement) and he has taught me a lot about lifting. I love working out with him and getting to have my best friend with me even when I'm working out. He always tells me how well I'm doing and is very supportive :)
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    I have been married for 36 years. While I prefer to be alone to work out, I will work out in front of him. He likes to talk, and I like quiet to get in my zone. I hate talking and exercising. He used to correct my form when I was starting out years ago, which I was ok with. He has seen me at my worst, and working out is not me at my worst.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Not really, but only because I go to a gym, and he works out at home....but it wouldn't bother me to do so.

    We're doing a stairclimb event this Saturday - our first fitness event together, so that should be interesting!
  • abbyrae1
    abbyrae1 Posts: 265 Member
    I lift and workout with my fiance all the time. we both have similar weightloss goals so it makes sense for us to do it. there are times when it gets a little "tense" but its usually just me being sensitive about him losing weight faster than me or something like that.

    If you guys don't have much experience working out together, start small, like going for a walk, or trying it once a week or something.

    Also, talk to him about your concerns. Your spouse should be supportive of your goals, and if they aren't, then you have us to help motivate you!
  • sahm23ladies
    sahm23ladies Posts: 91 Member
    My husband and I have run together, p90x together, insanity together, lifting, kettlebells, etc. We try to out do each other. I have the "anything you can do I can do better" mentality so I will bust my butt trying to out do him. Many days, I pay for it afterward!
  • hilldiggity
    hilldiggity Posts: 166 Member
    I could and I have (I use DVD's and YouTube), but I prefer not to. I'm somewhat uncoordinated at times and I feel embarrassed when I'm alone and mess up! lol The biggest reason I wouldn't want him watching is when it comes to moves I have to modify or can't do yet. I don't know if he's paying attention or not, but that makes me uncomfortable - even though he wouldn't say anything. He's usually just sits on the couch with his laptop, so he just has to go in the bedroom with his laptop. He's not inconvenienced that much and respects my wanting privacy. Plus I have to move the living room table all the way back to the couch to have enough room, so he'd have nowhere to put his legs!
  • Bubsys_mom
    Bubsys_mom Posts: 124 Member
    Right now I am just really doing yoga and I prefer to do it alone and with no one around. I do it when my son takes his nap so he is not stressing me out. lol

    My husband would make everything sexual, and while the thought is nice, I need to focus on *me* and the changes I am making.

    Now if we go walking, I am more than happy to have him with me. If we ever get a gym membership, I wouldn't mind him coming either for that.
  • Firekeeper66
    Firekeeper66 Posts: 116 Member
    This is the first time I've posted publicly but I couldn't resist!

    Exercise bike, yes. (while he plays Xbox)

    30 Day Shred or burpees/stride jumps, HELLS NO! I love him to much to subject him to that - that waits until he's on afternoon shift. :bigsmile:
  • sally_jeffswife
    sally_jeffswife Posts: 766 Member
    If I was lifting or doing kettlebells I would but for other dance type ones and aerobic type ones I don't cuz he would tease me too much and say things like Work it Baby and that's too distracting
  • Kat5343
    Kat5343 Posts: 451 Member
    I would not work out in front of a mirror yet.... so if I don't want to see myself, I sure don't want him to see me either!!!
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Hell no, he already wants to jump my bones too often. :heart:
  • Melanie12081
    Melanie12081 Posts: 62
    its nice to see that some of you do work out together x and its not that he would be mean hes the jokey kind of person so he thinks its funny when he says something. he would probabbly grope me too and put me off my workout, lol

    My husband is the "funny guy" too - but he's never made a joke about me working out, so he might surprise you. (He will make comments about a "cute butt" and stuff - but that's about it.) It's nice though, because he sees how hard I'm working and he really tries to be supportive, especially at meal times and when I'm thinking about cheating really bad, and he always throws in an "I'm really proud of you babe - you're doing great!" He doesn't work out as much - so when he does make silly comments, I just call him "chubs" ;-) and sometimes it gets him off the couch and back in the gym and eating healthy!
  • _Pseudonymous_
    _Pseudonymous_ Posts: 1,671 Member
    Oh yeah, most definitely!! Because my SO is nobody, and nobody is around any time I work out...


    Wah wah wah...
  • jaded011
    jaded011 Posts: 38
    right now my work outs are mostly the fact i clean the house a couple hours a day and walk to the store and back all the time and chase after a 3 year old constantly. but im wanting to start getting more in, but cant afford a gym membership right now and there is just no way i could do actual exercising or working out infront of my fiance. im going to have to go into the bedroom and there are no locks in any room in our house but make him promise not to come in and keep our 3 year old from pulling open the door constantly. so far i lost over 90 pounds since end of june through mostly diet and walking but wanting to start trying to tone up some, but considering we cant do the gym thing and i have none of the work out dvd stuff.. does anyone have any ideas? lol, i keep thinking about like, the floor exercises they had on tv all the time in the late 80s and 90s when i was young i remember seeing them. leg lifts and arm spins and waist bends and steping up on a box and back down and all that stuff. but i feel super lame, even if doing it by myself. but i really cant think of anything else i can do at home, by myself. crunches, pushups, legl lifts, running in place, turn up music loudly, dance like an idiot with jumping around and stuff for 45 minutes, thats what i did before when i lost 80 pounds in 6 months, that was years ago though. so, anny suggestions?
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    My other half isn't the least bit interested, but he did join me (once!) and I didn't mind at all. In fact I preferred it, takes your mind off the burn, someone to talk to. Maybe if I wore skimpier workout gear he'd join me more often, but I prefer not to see what I'm trying to lose :smile:
  • Tatiyanya
    Tatiyanya Posts: 255 Member
    I used to do that alot infront of my then boyfriend.
    Discovered that "naked yoga" is a nono if i plan to ever finish my routine.
    Now I dont live with my SO, but when we are together i wait for him to gtfo.
    I do work out infront of the mirror all the time tho <.<''
  • IrishChik
    IrishChik Posts: 465 Member
    i find it really hard to work out infront of my other half incase he says something about the way im doing it, not that he would mean it he would try being funny. i just cant do it though.


    your thoughts please

    I make him work out with me.
  • Gay11nell
    Gay11nell Posts: 166 Member
    My Hubby plays tooooo much! I feel like hes not taking my working out serious. I'm not exercising for his entertainment. He is very distracting, expecially when I really would rather be doing something else. Having to tell him to stop breaks my concentration and causes me to work harder to get back into the groove to the workout. Not to mention the questions/conversations he wants to have while I;m working out and He's sitting down playing a game on the laptop or eating!
  • smaihlee
    smaihlee Posts: 171 Member
    A year ago I would have said I prefer not to. In fact, my preference not to extended beyond my husband and to basically everyone. Hence why I've been such a sloth forever. When we joined the gym last year it took me more than a month to muster the cajones to haul my butt in there.

    I signed myself and my husband up for an 8-week boot camp in January. Doing something like that together will get you over your hangups really quickly. At first, he hated the class and didn't go for a week. Then something shifted in him and he realized he hated it because it was challenging in a way he had never experienced.

    Been married almost 17 years and I feel like our relationship is better than ever through exercising together and experiencing the agony of 500's and getting up at 4:45 am, 3 days a week :wink:

    We're already talking about "after bootcamp" and building up a selection of videos to supplement our gym visits. Hubby has started doing the 30DS and a Pilates program.
  • imakimm
    imakimm Posts: 839
    Yes, we usually work out together. He will also sometimes run with me if I am going in the evening or in the morning because he doesn't like me alone on the trail at those times.
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    I love watching the DH lift, when he gets around to it. And he helps me with mine, for example I don't have a squat rack, so he will act as one for me.

    In addition, we hike, backpack, walk dogs, canoe, climb, and work on vehicles/bikes together as well as working on our house or other people's houses or yard work or chopping and stacking wood. We also go play in mosh pits together, and we've been talking about taking swing dance classes forever.

    So honestly, we "work out" together a lot.
  • Dlacenere
    Dlacenere Posts: 198 Member
    My husband and I do weights together 2-3 times per week at the gym typically and I love it. He is like my own personal trainer, he corrects me on form and always pushes me to do more. He is largely responsible for the gains I have made with weights. I do my cardio and bootcamp classes separate.

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