Unusual Workout Buddies. Who’s yours?

jenniferormesher
jenniferormesher Posts: 15 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Picked up this beautiful walking buddy this morning. Who do you get to exercise with?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    My 14-year-old son, who can be freaking annoying sometimes! :laugh: I can't wait until he can drive himself to the gym! ;)
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Whoever offers me my squat cage they were using when I walk into the gym and stays out of my way is my buddy.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    No photos, but at a particular time of year, we get pretty little dragonflies, only around half an inch long, that will perch on a hat or t-shirt back for long periods as we row on the river . . . sometimes in multiples, even.

    They freak some people out, but I think they're kinda cute.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    My 14-year-old son, who can be freaking annoying sometimes! :laugh: I can't wait until he can drive himself to the gym! ;)

    I lift with my 16 year old!

    My cardio is my "me" time.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    My 8-year old son has been my workout buddy since he was 3 years old.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Centipedes
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Centipedes

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    I see them too, on my trail runs!
  • MamaKL5
    MamaKL5 Posts: 69 Member
    My 2 year old, or if he's sleeping, one of our 3 cats always joins me.
  • Amerane
    Amerane Posts: 136 Member
    monkeefan1974 wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Centipedes

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    I see them too, on my trail runs!

    Based on the pic, that's a millipede not a centipede. A minor difference but you can see that the legs are grouped in two's rather than singly. Fun buddies nonetheless :)
  • Chelcie742
    Chelcie742 Posts: 6 Member
    mom23mangos wrote: »
    My kids' dog is my workout buddy.

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    Looks like you’re a fellow Houstonian?! Hi!!
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    My cat is my workout buddy if I'm doing something at home. I love him to death, but he makes planks and bridges very difficult because he insists that he needs to lay beneath me.
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
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    Went hiking with my son last year on Mt. Umunhum (which translates to Hummingbird Mountain) and the hummingbirds were too fast for us to take pics of them, not to mention it was quite a brutal hike :D
    Afterwards looking at the pics I saw a speck above my left shoulder and zoomed in and there was a hummingbird!
  • sophia162
    sophia162 Posts: 115 Member
    mom23mangos wrote: »
    My kids' dog is my workout buddy.

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    Those selfies on the bike with him/her gave me life! Cutest thing I saw this week <3
  • cowsanddogsarecute
    cowsanddogsarecute Posts: 156 Member
    I wish i had a doggo for my workout buddy but i'm stuck with my flatmate @biancasmn2 lol. We pokemon together.
  • Strongfitmama100412
    Strongfitmama100412 Posts: 90 Member
    My kids!!! I have 3. My 8 year old used to sit in his carriage and watch me teach when he was 6 months old until 18 months. The studio didn’t have daycare and on Saturday mornings i taught a muscle class.

    Then my daughter who is now 5 also grew up with me working out and teaching. I prepare my classes in my basement and they both love to help me, giving me ideas etc. they know what tabata is and lift weights with me. (2 lb dumbbells i have for them)

    The baby is 2 and he is used to it as well. Sunday is yoga day and he loves to do it too. Even puts his palms together in namaste and “breathes”.

    I am a firm believer in children mimic what you do.



  • jenn6113
    jenn6113 Posts: 3 Member
    My 11 year old son...he helps me make sure I dont miss the gym and if he had it his way we would live at the gym. We also get pointers from this guy all of the time. 57uq465azqze.jpg
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
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    There was a hawk calling out from the very top of the pine tree and also saw a great blue heron on my 10k trail run today, they didn’t seem to mind me running by them!
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    edited March 2019
    Other creatures of habit...same people, same time of day. The get in-get out crowd makes me feel more motivated (prefer the get in get out crowd over lonely home workouts...not because I want people to watch me but give some sort of belonging knowing others have the same mindset).

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