Do you exercise with your partner/spouse?

[Anonymous]

Is it fun? Does it help keep you motivated? Connected? If so, what do you do together? I’m thinking about trying some short hiit sequences w my spouse.

[Anonymous]

Yes yes yes

Hiking and cycling

[Anonymous]

Nope. Mostly because we like different activities and one of us has to be home with the kids.

We do occasionally hike as a family

[Anonymous]

Yup! Yoga and hiking. We used to run together, but my knees just can’t do it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Mostly because we like different activities and one of us has to be home with the kids.

We do occasionally hike as a family

Op here. This is definitely us right now. While the family brings us together, it’s also driven us apart. I’m hoping a new hobby/sport together can be fun and help us feel good. Hopefully we can find the time.

[Anonymous]

We do hiking and climbing together. It's fun! Hiking is always just a great time to talk and hang out. Climbing requires a lot of teamwork and motivation, so it brings us together.

We're both primarily runners, but we never run together - completely different paces and distances!

[Anonymous]

We do CrossFit and yoga together. Kids are older now so can be left at home. DH also cycles but he does that alone. I enjoy exercising with him.

[Anonymous]

No I can run circles around my husband and his version of working out at the gym makes me embarrassed. He is a “hold on to the treadmill” type while he walks for 20 min. Then he hits the weight machines and does one set of 5 on a couple things then calls it a day. Yes he is fat. I wish he could keep up with me.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We run together and it’s great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I can run circles around my husband and his version of working out at the gym makes me embarrassed. He is a “hold on to the treadmill” type while he walks for 20 min. Then he hits the weight machines and does one set of 5 on a couple things then calls it a day. Yes he is fat. I wish he could keep up with me.

So much to unpack here.

[Anonymous]

Not usually. Occasionally we'll run a race together or do a bike tour on vacation. I am turned off by his sweating and gasping for air. Maybe he feels the same way about me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. We run together and it’s great.

When kids are at school and he can go in late we do this. It’s the best

[Anonymous]

No. I'm 5'5" tall and my husband is 6' tall. He has a much longer stride than I do so walking/jogging/running with him is not a lot of fun for me because our pace is so different from each other.

He does free weights, I prefer to use the circuit machines.

We do some active fun things together but I wouldn't call that "working out".

[Anonymous]

We take the dog on a lengthy walk every day together. It's a great time to talk about our day and other things without the distraction of screens or work. We also enjoy hiking together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I can run circles around my husband and his version of working out at the gym makes me embarrassed. He is a “hold on to the treadmill” type while he walks for 20 min. Then he hits the weight machines and does one set of 5 on a couple things then calls it a day. Yes he is fat. I wish he could keep up with me.

So much to unpack here.

What is there to unpack? Husband sounds like a fat blob and wife is fit. This is common in many UMC circles.