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jodiCLP
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Having a spouse as an exercise buddy: good idea or bad idea? Thoughts?
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My spouse is my exercise buddy. For us, it's a great idea. We get along very well.0
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It never worked for me. We had different goals and did different things, but we drove together a few times.0
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I don't even tell my SO about this weight loss thing. But we both love going for walks, hiking, and doing general active outdoor activities together so it makes exercising a whole lot more fun!0
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We do some cardio with each other a couple times a week.0
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It depends. Hubby & I can walk together. But for other things, we're at different fitness levels and I'm not sure it would work so well. We can also strength train together, taking turns.
But for the most part, I do cardio on my own & he does on his own. Our schedules are different, so it kind of dictates alot. But it is nice to walk in the neighborhood together, or explore park trails. We're similar enough for walking that we each get a good burn in. If he were very slow, I'd have to chalk it up to good activity - but not exercise.0 -
Having a spouse as an exercise buddy: good idea or bad idea? Thoughts?
Honestly I have to imagine that really depends, too much variation between relationships to make some true-for-everyone statement here.0 -
My boyfriend was the one that signed me up for the gym 3 years ago. He pushed me to go again when I cancelled my membership. Now we train together on some days. Of course he is more advanced than me, but we still go together!0
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We do some cardio with each other a couple times a week.
*nods*
True story.0 -
I can't exercise with my mine because of childcare, but also he's much, much fitter than me and we like different sports. However, he does offer a lot of advice and we love hill walking together. Exercising together would be nice now that I no longer maintain an assus horizontalus lifestyle.0
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Unless you are BOTH in EXACTLY the same place with regards to love of exercise, I say no.
This isn't aimed at you, but just an observation. When I see what I assume are couples at the gym, it always looks like the chick is only there to watch the dude and she does not look as interested in the exercise as she does in her phone or who's looking at her, him or vice-versa.0 -
I think it's beneficial to have your spouse workout with you; it's supporting each others fitness goals. But I think its nice to balance it and work out solo too.0
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Having a spouse as an exercise buddy: good idea or bad idea? Thoughts?
That's what the bed is for, so... good.0 -
I try to give my spouse regular encouragement during her workouts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbcOXtPOQRs
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My husband isn't incredibly interested in fitness and has no trouble staying thin but he does support my efforts. I try to get 10,000 steps a day or more and he'll walk with me if I'm feeling lazy or if I'm trying to finish up my last steps for the day. He also does a Tamilee Webb DVD with me because it's short and he immediately got muscle definition from it. He'll tolerate some yoga DVDs every so often. He's a great workout partner in those times but like I said, has little interest in daily things and that's ok--- he's there when I need him.0
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We'll go to the gym together but usually do our own thing once we get there. We have different fitness levels and goals.0
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statistically speaking, couples who have hobbies in common last longer than those who do not. fitness can take a lot of time. taking some of that time and working out together can only help in most cases. and it doesn't have to be for all of your workouts. hike together. kayak together. walk together. spot each other while lifting. pick one. it's more time w/ your partner.
however in SOME cases one partner is super-competitive and gets mean, then no, don't do it. i have seen how that ends.0 -
My wife and I exercise together most of the time and it works for us.0
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I do cardio with my husband everytime....he's a good walking/biking companion.
He doesn't do HIIT with me but might start soon if I do sprints....
He tried the weight thing with me and says he enjoys it but didn't stick with it...he says he is gonna get back into it.
I like it....it's quality time spent together and our goals are the same...get/stay healthy...get stronger.
I think too now he realizes that my cardio has improved with the weight lifting as I don't breath heavy when walking up a hill (I am a smoker) and he misses the fact his legs weren't sore running up 5 flights of stairs for his job (in workboots)0 -
It almost broke up my relationship before we got married. True story.
Husband is a run-6-miles-a-day-and-lift-for-3-hours-afterwards kind of guy.
I am.... fat, lazy, and have the strongest aversion to exercise out of anybody I've ever met. I'm not bragging about that - it's a terrible fault of mine.
Yet, weirdly, we started dating because we saw each other in the gym.
So, yeah, we'd try to go together for a while and every time I decided to stay home because the gym was just the most god awful thing I could think of to put myself through, he got very upset about it. It turned into this big thing where he felt like I was personally letting him down a lot, and I got very upset because he was pushing me all the time (and that doesn't work as a motivator for me - AT ALL) and we had different ideas of what we should be doing as well. I wanted to lift, but every time I try to do it, I hurt myself and he's terrible at helping me *not* hurt myself. I loathe cardio, and being the person who has to sit down after a lap just didn't mesh well with the "gym buddy" who takes it upon himself to race every single person on the track whether they like it or not....
So, yeah, it works wonderfully for some people. Probably people who are closer to each other in ability / goals, but it did NOT work for us!0 -
My hubs is my running partner, lifting partner and BFF. We support and push each other towards goals.0
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