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Exercise for Couples – 9 Ways to Get in Shape Together!

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9 Ways to Get in Shape as a Couple

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If you have a full-time job and not a lot of time to spend with your spouse, the last thing you want to do is leave work and spend another hour at the gym away from them.  Lucky for you, there are a many ways you can get that exercise in as a couple and get in shape together!

Sweat together stay together - couples workouts

9 Ways to get in shape together

  1.  Couples who go to the gym together stay together.  Okay, I made that up.  But it should be a common saying.  You can’t neglect exercise and you can’t neglect each other, so it only makes sense for you to go together and spend that workout time on treadmills close to each other or in a class together.
  2. Go skating.  Ice Skating or Roller Skating – whichever you prefer.  Hold hands, listen to cheesy music, and feel like giddy teenagers again while burning calories.
  3. Run together.  Running is a great release, and it’s always more enjoyable (and safe) with a buddy.  Take a run through a park, down a quiet street, or anywhere else you can.  Race each other to the top of the hill.  Make it fun!
  4. Go hiking.  Or snowshoeing.  Quiet times in the woods are fun, relaxing, and romantic.  Put on your boots and head out.  You can help each other through the rough spots.
  5. Take a dance class.   Have you ever watched Dancing With the Stars?  Every great dancer has a great partner.  Dance classes are relatively inexpensive, a great workout, and a great way to spend some time together.
  6. Yard Work.  Raking leaves, gardening, and shoveling snow are all easier to do when you do them with someone you love.  They need to be done anyway, so you might as well both get the calorie burn out of it.
  7. Go bowling.  Bowling is fantastic exercise.  All that twisting and turning and carrying heavy balls around is great for your body, and if you do it with your spouse, it can be great for your marriage.  A little healthy competition is a good thing.
  8. Join a team.  Many communities have softball or baseball leagues.  It’s exercise a few nights a week and you get to spend more time together.
  9. Sex, of course!  Sex burns around 150 calories a half hour.  It’s great cardio, too! Really, do you need more reasons to have sex?
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Exercising with your spouse has both physical and emotional benefits.  Your body and relationship get stronger at the same time.  It doesn’t get much better than that!

Plus, you can shower together afterward (to save money of course)!

Any ideas to add? How do you and your spouse get in shape together?

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  2. We love to go hiking together - always have! In fact, most of our first dates over 20 years ago were out on hiking trails! And now we go as a family too!
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  3. Great ideas! My hubby and I are both trying to get in shape. A while ago we did Insanity together, and it was so much easier to do it together than it would have been to do it alone. He's my motivation!
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  4. I love all of these! Unfortunately, my husband is away most of the time, either deployed, underway, or some sort of training out of state, BUT this summer he starts shore duty for 3 years!!! I can't wait. We can finally workout together on a regular basis. I'm looking forward to biking, hiking, and running together.
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  5. You can also do partner yoga! Check out this quick partner yoga class that you can do at home with your friend or partner! https://www.myyogaworks.com/video?embed=9jZjlyaDoZN9jrt0Kv2kTi7VNiiLocFy
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  6. I am a very active person and my husband is no so much, although now that he is getting older he is starting to workout to take better care of himself. Hopefully he will enjoy physical activities as much as I do so we have more things to do together.
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  7. Someday I'd love to do couples yoga with my husband. I am incredibly grateful that he has been doing P90X3 with me at home. At first he did it FOR me, but now he sees the benefits for him and that keeps him going.
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  8. We have taken up jogging/running outside now that the weather is starting to get warmer. Get a lot of talking done then too!
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  9. We've done Beachbody programs together or if my immune system is on overdrive, we've just taken a walk. And, of course, bedroom time is something that can be fun.
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  10. This post is PERFECT and SO TRUE! Seriously I love working out with my husband and I can tell that it makes a huge difference in our relationship. Great post!
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  13. It is definitely fun to work out with your partner. That way when one is getting unmotivated the other can lift them back up.
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