do you work out infront of your other half?

My husband is around sometimes when I do my DVDs. Working out isn't really his thing, so he doesn't obnoxiously tell me I'm doing it wrong, or anything. He does sometimes side with Jillian Michaels and tell me I'm phoning it in, though... Ha. He has had some useful observations as well, like he noticed that I don't seem to work my upper body very often, so I've been trying to make my workouts more balanced. And sometimes I'll be like, "Oh, I can't do this move" and he encourages me to try and sometimes I find that I actually can.

Now I am interested in the correlation between "works out with/ in front of partner" and "keeps lights on."

My pole is in the basement as are all the coral tanks that require a lot of work on his part. I get to work out surrounded by beautiful undersea creatures and a supportive partner. He doesn't like to watch the tricks though, in case I slip - it scares him.

Every now and then he'll even let me teach him some pole moves. In exchange he helps me with weights and form.

Not wanting to work out in front of my boyfriend has probably been the biggest reason that I haven't worked out in the past month. My boyfriend has been on crutches the past month and not working so he would just lay in bed and criticize my every move rather than encourage me. And I have roommates so working out in the living room isn't really an option. I used to work out after the kids went to bed so I was pretty much by myself. I'm hoping to find some kind of routine with him home all of the time now.

I have a hard time with this too. He has seen me do parts of my 30DS DVD, and he has seen me after when I am sweaty, which prompted him to tell me that she is serious about these workouts and they're hard. I appreciated that he wasn't making fun of my lame DVD workout, and it motivated me to keep up with it. He is in WAY better shape than me and either lifts or runs every night. It used to make me feel lazy, but now if I haven't already worked out that day and I'm sitting on the couch and can hear him using the bar in the basement, it motivates me to go upstairs and do my 30DS DVD. I would have thought he would be grossed out by me being all sweaty, but I think he likes when I work out and that I am trying to be healthy, especially since he is too. There is research that couples who work out together find each other more attractive, but I am scared to work out WITH him because I know I couldn't keep up. I have done the elliptical at the gym while he ran on the treadmill, but normally I just work out at home.

I forgot to add that we do like to swim, hike, and just walk the dog together, especially when the weather is nice. In the summer we play on a non-competitive volleyball league together. I am pretty terrible, but it's really fun anyway. Earlier this week we went bowling (if you don't think that's a workout, tell my left glute!) too which was fun. Today I shoveled while he ran the snowblower, if that counts as a workout!:ohwell:

My boyfriend and I work out together at the gym. Our relationship began around working out. He's seen me naked and I'm pregnant with his child. No need to not work out in front of him as well.

I love working out with my husband. It definitely pushes me to work harder because I know he's watching.

I do all the time. He motivates me. I love when we workout together. I am never shy, or self-conscious around my husband. He is the only person in the world who gets all the crazy and I love it.

I love my husband there with me. We work out a lot together. And he is Navy and in shape. It's great motivation and has actually brought us even closer together and we are more on track with fitness and nutrition goals. We are a team

No. We don't work out together because we don't like to do the same things, and I am not interested in his thoughts on what I am doing in re: exercise. If I happen to be doing a video or something when he gets home, it gets paused until he gets out of the room. I think living, sleeping, and raising children together for 20 years is plenty of togetherness.

And lights on--no correlation here.

yep, naked too.

Boyfriend and I are such different fitness levels that it's a bit strange working out with him. I've been thin but out of shape my entire life up until about two or three years ago and I've never known him to be out of shape. About every other week, for a hard day for me and a somewhat easy day for him I have him sort of train me. We usually just do walk, jog, runs around the indoor track, with him pushing me. It's fun and I feel worked out and we feel connected.

However, I've lifted and ran on the treadmill with him before and it's not near as fun as he tries to push me then, too, and corrects what I'm doing constantly which frustrates me to no end as I know my limits there. I've banned him from the cardio room while I'm in there, or at least put him on a machine far enough away from me that he can't make any comments without seeming like the crazy guy in the room.

i worked out once or twice in front of my girlfriend. she'll laugh or try and record me because i'm usually doing some goofy work out video so what i'm doing makes me look like a goober. she won't work out in front of me, i'm not sure why but she doesn't want me to see her so i let her be.

I used to be really self conscious about bf even passing by the living room while I worked out.. but now he sits on the couch and drinks beer while reading off my tasks / timing them! Very helpful.