Fit Couple

Ok now I know that there is gym etiquette about working out with your significant other (rightfully so), but other then making sure you don't have a full on make out session in between sets it might be the best way to workout.

Why you might ask? Well it might go without saying really. . .but here are some reasons anyway. . .

The Buddy System

It is always easier to stick to a regular workout system when you have someone to go with you. If this person is also your special someone, there is no need to feel like you are sacrificing that time you could be spending with them to go and workout. It is also very much fun to check each other out from across the room while you are doing "your own thang".

If you come home from work and your boyfriend is on the couch watching reruns of CSI eating a pizza, the likely hood is you will join him. If you have it planned that when you get home from work you head to the gym then together you are being accountable for one another and the follow through is that much more likely. 

Great for the Bedroom

Well duh! You have more energy when you are working out and you look smoking hot!

Seeing each other workout and sweat and make that effort to look good for one another is very attractive. We aren't attracted to lazy people for a reason. We desire to be with someone who we know will carry their weight, and when we see them not only carrying their weight but also bench pressing a crap tone more weight. . .we can't help but to be more attracted to them. It means they are healthy, and able to protect the home and provide. Survival of the fittest right?!

Not to mention we feel 100 times better about ourselves and our bodies! We feel great and look great and the fear of getting naked is little to none when you are fit and trim. You also have the energy to go longer and even have a better response to one another because of your bodies over all health and wellness.

Dinner for Two

When you workout with your partner, it is also likely that you both desire to eat better and healthy as well. Remember, it's 50% what you do at the gym and 50% what you put in your body. If you are both geared towards the same goals you can keep each other in check and you don't need to worry about your partner bringing home fast food for dinner or filling the fridge with soda and processed crap.

Most likely you will decide on some kind of diet (paleo, low-carb, clean eating, gluten free) and you will hold each other accountable to it. 

If you decide to do a cleanse together you are more likely to complete it. My boyfriend and I did a 10 cleanse of smoothies together and it was tough. There was no way we would have gotten through it on our own. But on the second or third day my boyfriend said "I will stay true to this cleanse, the same way I will always stay true to you" and from there on out he knew he had to finish it haha. It's true though, you count on what each other says, you take promises seriously and it means a lot more with all that being said. Needless to say while it wasn't always easy we stuck to it and we helped each other when it got hard. We finished and we both got the results we were hoping for.

At the end of the day fitness and a healthy lifestyle needs to be supported by the people you surround yourself with. We can't always pick the healthiest group of coworkers, and sometimes we have friends who just don't care what they eat or if they ever see the inside of a gym. Maybe even our family will laugh at our attempts to get into shape. But if you want something out of life there is nothing and no one who can stop you. Picking your partner based on those goals and desires, will help keep it that way as well.

People who don't care about fitness, are usually people that have already tried and failed to many times to count. So reach out to them, see if they need your support. If they refuse, then it isn't your problem to fix. You need to worry about you and your own health. This isn't about vanity, or being narcissistic. This is about feeling good and being able to get the most out of your own life. Find someone who will support your way of thinking and the rest is cake! (you know. . .low calorie. . .sugar free cake. . .oh screw it! We all have cheat days, make it ice cream cake for me please!)