cw801
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I am actually working out with my husband for the first time ever........he's never worked out before this summer, and he was starting to complain a lot about me waking up at 5am to go to the gym. Even when I'd be really quiet, he'd get cranky and told me I was ruining his sleep. Well, I have tried working out at lunches, after dinner, after work.....I am 110% a morning person, and I LOOOOOOVE morning workouts. So....I told him he should start waking up WITH me and coming to the gym for once.
Surprising enough, he said OK. Now, he's about 20 lbs heavier (not in a good way) than he was when we first met. And for a long time he just accepted it.....but, for some reason, he finally got tired of it, and this is what caused him to say OK when I asked him to come to the gym with me.
So.....I told him "you have to do this for 30 days with me - no excuses"....we are both competitive - I said he couldn't do it (heheh) and he swore he could. Fast forward to 3 months later, and we still go to the gym together every morning, and we work out in the weight room together, but we are usually doing different body parts on different days. Otherwise, we are using the same machines and bug each other. I work out with my music - he doesn't. So mostly we just pass each other when moving around the weight room, or I'll spot for him once in a while. Then we both hit the cardio equipment about the same time, and do our cardio together.
While I do like the company when I am driving to the gym, and it's great to have him there with me - other than that, it's no different at all as far as my workouts go. I have always been my best motivator, and his presence doesn't really change / add to any of that. We are there to encourage each other in our own goals......but usually get into our own workouts pretty good.
I have worked out alone forEVER.....never thought I'd actually like to have a workout buddy.....but I really do!
Surprising enough, he said OK. Now, he's about 20 lbs heavier (not in a good way) than he was when we first met. And for a long time he just accepted it.....but, for some reason, he finally got tired of it, and this is what caused him to say OK when I asked him to come to the gym with me.
So.....I told him "you have to do this for 30 days with me - no excuses"....we are both competitive - I said he couldn't do it (heheh) and he swore he could. Fast forward to 3 months later, and we still go to the gym together every morning, and we work out in the weight room together, but we are usually doing different body parts on different days. Otherwise, we are using the same machines and bug each other. I work out with my music - he doesn't. So mostly we just pass each other when moving around the weight room, or I'll spot for him once in a while. Then we both hit the cardio equipment about the same time, and do our cardio together.
While I do like the company when I am driving to the gym, and it's great to have him there with me - other than that, it's no different at all as far as my workouts go. I have always been my best motivator, and his presence doesn't really change / add to any of that. We are there to encourage each other in our own goals......but usually get into our own workouts pretty good.
I have worked out alone forEVER.....never thought I'd actually like to have a workout buddy.....but I really do!