Steamy Exercises for Couples
How many times have you and a girlfriend reneged on plans to work out together? Too many to count? So look closer to home for motivation. Yes, that guy on your couch could help you stick with your fitness goals. Find out how. Plus, get 6 steamy exercises for you and your honey, just in time for Valentine’s Day…
Have you signed up for a health club membership but failed to show up? So have millions of others.
So what’s going to really get you into that gym? A workout partner!
“Research shows that when people have an exercise buddy, they’re less likely to drop out of their workout program,” says Nicole Nichols, certified fitness instructor and fitness coach for SparkPeople.com.
But finding a person who shares your interests and timetable is tough. It’s probably not a girlfriend. Maybe your significant other?
Check out these benefits to working out with your man (and it’s more than just a great body):
1. You’ll become closer. For a successful relationship, couples need “alone time, together time and interactive time,” says Dean Graham, National Academy of Sports Medicine-certified personal trainer and developer of the WeFitFor2 partner fitness program.
Unfortunately, many couples don’t spend quality time together. They’re too busy doing their own thing and, when they spend time together, it’s often passive. Watching a movie together is fun, but it’s not one-on-one interaction.
But exercise is.
“Partner workouts require you to pay attention to each other,” says Cain Carroll, yoga guru and co-author of Partner Yoga (Rodale). “It’s a wholesome way to relate to another person.”
It also expands your relationship’s horizons.
“With so many different kinds of exercises, it gives the couple a way to learn and grow together,” says Kelli Calabrese, ACE-certified personal trainer and exercise specialist
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