Working out with your significant other...who does it/has done it?

[nefertiti]

How did it work out for you?

This is a recent change in my routine and a first time thing for me.

On the one hand I love being with someone who encourages me to lift (instead of thinking it's not girly and that I should just be a cardio/classes bunny, or being jealous of gym time). On the other hand I was keenly aware of everywhere that he was and any time he was looking at me.

I am fiercely competitive by nature even when it's retarded to be like that. Which doesn't mean I'm trying to compete with HIM (laughable...he's so gigantic and so on another level than most humans that he regularly has strangers assume he plays professional football - it's happened twice in my presence), but it's safe to say I would have preferred him to first see me at my peak, not the first time after a four month "break." I somehow managed not to kill myself and overdo it trying to be impressive but it was especially frustrating to have to limit myself. But it's also a motivating factor.

I'm used to going to the gym and never taking my headphones out and getting so in a zone that I am completely unaware of other people (I once got a note on my car from someone identifying himself as the bald guy who was always staring at me, and I had zero clue who it was), so it was definitely a different experience having brief little interactions throughout the workout. I know I was a little distracting for him too, and for all my lack of awareness of anyone checking me out, he was as aware of that as I was of him. I'm not sure what his verdict is yet on working out with his woman....I'm guessing some of the strangeness and newness will wear off for us eventually and it will feel normal and whatever after some time.

In this specific case, I like it a lot, distraction aside. The motivational factor definitely outweighs any "not getting in my zone" factor, and it's nice that when I'm with him I'm positive I won't have to deal with random retards trying to talk to me in the middle of a set.

So have any of you ladies worked out with a significant other? Experiences with that?

 

[AFeedz]

I used to work out with my ex. It was a bit of a different situation because I wasn't much in to lifting like he was, so though we'd go to the gym together, we'd do completely different exercises.

However, sometimes between sets or something, he'd come over and say hey. I didn't mind it, because usually when he'd come over I'd just be jogging or something. I liked him being there, it definitely motivated me to do better and try harder than I otherwise would.

Eventually, I had decided to start doing some weight training and I liked going to the gym with him then too. I felt his presence pushed me to do better, but didnt hold me back for fear of him judging me. He'd help teach me how to correctly lift the weights, but would never judge and I doubt your significant other does either. I wouldn't know, being a women, but I think when men are watching their significant other workout, they probably think it's hot and aren't paying as much attention to whether or not their s.o. is lifting some crazy amazing weight.

I know that's how I felt watching my ex. The weight he was lifting mattered to him, not me. I just thought watching him lift was hot in general, so maybe it's the same for men.

 

[nefertiti]

lol I confess, I love watching him max out on deadlifts and basically pwn the entire gym.

oh and, scratch the not killing myself the other day. My back is so sore today I could barely lift my arms high enough to wash my hair this morning and I was hobbling around in my heels like a reh-tard because my hams were so tight. Yay DOMS!

 

[shirlene29]

worked out with my husband...once...and only once


we both were on treadmills next to each other and were goin at an easy 8 min mile pace 9which i can sustain forever) and suddenly he cranks up to a 6 min mile pace and just blasts that out for like 10 minutes (it maybe wasnt but it felt like eternity to me) which I stupidly tried to keep up with and of course...couldnt...
he always could outrun me especially on endurance

so a few minutes in I feel like hes just makin me look bad and I get pissed and shut off my treadmill..
I'm way too competitive and I'd kill myself/hurt myself bad tryin to keep up


the end

 

[Rachel...lol]

a couple years back I worked out with a guy I was dating - and I enjoyed it. It helped to keep me motivated and on track - and he was a bigger guy. I don't think I'd enjoy working out with a SO if I thought he looked like a pussy in the gym, you know?

 

[RottenWillow]

Only guy I ever trained with is the one that is now my husband. We do not train well together.

 

[sbt2082]

I DO indeed train with my fiance here and there, and I have a GREAT workout every time I guess just because it adds a tad more motivation then I usually already have anyways!

 

[Cutiebaby]

I do and it is nice. Not only are we getting in shape together but we are spending a little one on one time, which in a house of 3 kids usually only happens at like 12 AM.

 

[Rebecca D]

I agree with Angel. We have 3 kids and "mommy/daddy" time is hard to come by. We don't always work out together because of schedule, but when we do I love it. I think it is actually quite arousing. Both of us working hard, sweating, and making ourselves look and feel better.

Rebecca D

 

[crete]

Never worked for me as we both wanted to do different exercises at different intensity levels and on different days..... well you know how it does.