Couple training, more motivation together with your partner

No matter how passionate you may be about a sport, sometimes a bit of laziness is inevitable. couple training, in these cases, can be really useful for regaining motivation and convincing yourself to get moving!

May you love the running or the yoga, the training with weights, the nordic walking or the padel, playing sports with your partner can be really fun and motivating.

The pros of partner training

You are preparing for a half marathon, the training sessions are precise and timed in a precise calendar to increase performance and "put kilometers in the legs" correctly. But it's very, very hot outside or it's cold and foggy, or it's a tiring period of work and we don't feel in top shape... what can we do?

Aside from supplementing your diet with natural superfoods that can give you energy, placing your loved one alongside you as a companion on sporting adventures is an excellent solution.

Couple training has several advantages:

• Yes keeps motivation high, both because they encourage each other not to give up, and because it often generates positive competition between partners which leads to trying to outdo each other and do better than the other;
• We spend a lot of time together, because the free time during training is optimized by being able to chat and discuss;
• Mood and physical fitness improve hand in hand in the couple, who will have similar progress and will be encouraged to continue, making training a good daily practice that will become a healthy lifestyle for the whole family.

Some cons of training together with your partner

If reading even just the title of this article has already turned your nose up, then you already know what we are about to write: there are also cons to training as a couple.

Paradoxically they are linked to the pros mentioned above, if exasperated and not experienced well. Let's see how:

• If the competition that breaks out between the members of the couple is not positive but becomes obsessive and too competitive, it could create imbalances, arguments and frustrations;
• Spending a lot of time together can be good... but also not! Having different sporting passions and hobbies can sometimes be better, because everyone has their own individual outlet and maintains their own personal space;
• If the progress and skills in a sport are too different, the less skilled person may feel inadequate and the much more skilled person in the discipline may instead receive no more stimulation. At that point, it's better to separate (sports speaking) and dedicate yourself to something else!