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Does anyone here train at the gym with their husband or girl/boyfriend? We are getting a little competitive. So we have been using percentage of bodyweight to compare our rows, bench presses,..etc. Is this a fair measurement? We are going for strength!
I have been training with my husband for 2 yrs. I love it and I know for me since he is so much bigger than me there is no way I can lift as much as he does but it does push me to lift heavier. About the only thing I can come close to is doing hack squats, I can usually do pretty close to what he does. He makes me push myself harder than I would if I were lifting on my own. I love the fact that I can lift heavier than alot of guys in our gym. Sometimes I feel like I get 2 workouts though when I have to spot him. LOL
I have been training with my husband for 2 yrs. I love it and I know for me since he is so much bigger than me there is no way I can lift as much as he does but it does push me to lift heavier. About the only thing I can come close to is doing hack squats, I can usually do pretty close to what he does. He makes me push myself harder than I would if I were lifting on my own. I love the fact that I can lift heavier than alot of guys in our gym. Sometimes I feel like I get 2 workouts though when I have to spot him. LOL
ajzjmsmom,
We enjoy pushing each other. My husband is a math professor to we decided to do percentage of body weight X/120 = 135/160, so the X is the weight I would have to lift. So we solve for X .
I cuurently do not train with my wife. If we went to the same gym i'd prefer a mix of solo training and combined training as I have my own routines/pace that I like to follow.
That and my wife is an ex personal trainer and has had me begging for mercy within 3 minutes when she's trained me. She seems to take great pleasure in my pain and i'm man enough to run away and hide
I cuurently do not train with my wife. If we went to the same gym i'd prefer a mix of solo training and combined training as I have my own routines/pace that I like to follow.
That and my wife is an ex personal trainer and has had me begging for mercy within 3 minutes when she's trained me. She seems to take great pleasure in my pain and i'm man enough to run away and hide
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We are going for strength!
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