Do you workout better with a partner?

jessica22222
jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
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?
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  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    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
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    edited April 2016
    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
    kosmosEP Posts: 73 Member
    I just wish I had a partner....forever alone. 69.jpg
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    I prefer alone with the sole exception of I love my Saturday morning bench crew.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Yes
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    No, Im better by myself
  • jessica22222
    jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
    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
    viren19890 Posts: 778 Member
    Yes, it's always me, myself and I. Good times.
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    I can do either. I enjoy the classes that I take, but if I am lifting or running I prefer to be alone!!
  • BroScience83
    BroScience83 Posts: 1,689 Member
    kosmosEP wrote: »
    I just wish I had a partner....forever alone. 69.jpg

    lol
  • BroScience83
    BroScience83 Posts: 1,689 Member
    people get in my way
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    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
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    Yes, though it depends on who.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    edited April 2016
    Oops
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Yes if it's the right partner.
  • Rom3oJuli3tt
    Rom3oJuli3tt Posts: 42 Member
    Definitely prefer going solo unless I'm showing someone the ropes or with my coach.
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    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
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    i get better workouts with a partner, or even better wtih my coach
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    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
    RebeccaNaegle Posts: 236 Member
    My fiancé and I lift together and I wouldn't have it any other way!
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    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
    weightlossissues Posts: 28 Member
    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
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    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
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    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
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    Alone. I'm busy pretending i'm she-hulk, don't appreciate distractions.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    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
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    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.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »
    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
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    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
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »
    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.

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