Most problems are easier to solve together instead of doing it alone. The same goes for fitness: if you exercise together, you support and motivate each other and strengthen the relationship.
We found 6 effective exercises for those who want to exercise together with their partners.
At-Home Couple Workout Ideas
Squats Back To Back
The muscles you train: hips, calves and glutes.
How to do it: Stand on your back with your partner, rotate your arms, step forward, and begin deep squats.
How many: 3 sets, 10 squats at a time.
Squats With Moving A Leg Back
The muscles you train: quadriceps, hips, biceps and glutes.
How to do it: Come face to face with your partner, hold hands, step back and start squats. Person 1 squats as usual and Person 2 moves their leg back with each squat. Then change places.
How many: 2 sets, 10 squats for each leg.
Double Push-ups
The muscles you train: chest, triceps, shoulders and abs.
How to do it: The guy takes the starting position with the girl on her back. The girl’s hands are on her partner’s legs, with her own legs on the boy’s back. The guy does push-ups, holding his partner behind his back. When the boy returns to the starting position, the girl does a push-up.
How many: 2 sets, 10 push-ups each.
High Five
The muscles you train: deltoids and triceps.
How to do it: Both partners assume the push-up position facing each other and do push-ups together. When they return to the starting position, they hit five, switching hands after each push-up.
How many: 2 sets, 10 reps each.
Twists
The muscles you train: abs.
How to do it: partners sit facing each other, turn their legs, and begin to lift their bodies, touching hands each time they face each other.
How many: 2 sets, 10 reps each.
Vertical Twists
The muscles you train: abs and hips.
How to do it: The man stands up and the girl puts her legs around the boy’s waist and starts doing twists.
How many: 2 sets of 10 laps each.
Will you try any of these exercises with your partner? Let us know in the comment section below.
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