Should couples train together?

There is an age-old saying that couples that train together, stay together - at least until they don’t! In my experience, I've seen that training with a significant other can be a lot like marriage. In the beginning, you can’t get enough of each other. You love seeing their pain face and the sweat bead up between their breasts as you daydream about the trace it leaves on its way down. Eventually though, there comes a point when you realize that it runs down the back as well and that sweet sweaty kiss becomes just a sweat kiss. This is around the time when you ask yourself if spin class is really your jam or are you just doing it to maximise your time together. So, you end up going your separate ways to do the training that works or appeals most to you, and that's great! And besides, you may find that you miss your old training partner and pop in for a visit or you find happiness elsewhere.

I think this is a pretty fair summary, but if you don’t agree then I have another reason why it may be better not to train together. Men and women are inherently different. I am not teaching you anything you don’t know, but something you may have missed is that what’s good for her doesn’t always apply to him. If you don’t agree, then try going for a wax. Women generally have a much faster recovery time than men do, they also tend to take shorter breaks and work with a sense of task completion. In other words, they look at what needs to be done and try to get it done as quick as possible. Men on the other hand are able to push higher intensities but at the cost of longer rest periods and slower recovery. We do also like a bit of chat between our sets and don’t feel as much urgency to get it all done in no time. Don’t get me wrong there are exceptions to this rule but this has been my general observation over the last 10 years. 

As we get older though, this divide seems to narrow and couples are then more likely to start training together again. At this stage you give each other support and seem to know exactly how much effort and how far your loved one is able to push before having a heart attack. If your life insurance is great then there is a chance she will believe a lot more in your capabilities and heart attack shmart attack. It would seem that older couples train really well together and I have always been impressed with their strong bond and relationship that they portray. In the future I aspire to do the same when the time comes: hopefully she will be into yoga by then.