Let’s be honest, the hardest part about working out is showing up. Sometimes it’s just finding the motivation to get to the gym and the drive to stay there that we find the most difficult. It’s important to find whatever will encourage you to make sure exercise is part of your routine. A great way to maintain a workout schedule, is to include your friends.
Here’s the top 6 reasons why you should workout with your friends:
Motivate Each Other
When you workout with friends you can encourage one another and motivate each other as you work to accomplish exercises and achieve fitness goals.
Be Accountable
Knowing someone is counting on you to workout makes you a lot more accountable to your gym time. It’s much harder to skip a workout if you know your friend is waiting for you.
Get Competitive
A little healthy competition is great when you workout with friends. You’ll work harder and push yourself further than if you were alone.
Always Have a Spotter
Lifting weights alone will limit what you can do, safely. If you bring a friend along, you have a designated spotter.
Share Ideas
With help, you can get the creative juices flowing. Working out with others can help you get out of exercise ruts as you share ideas with each other.
Have More Fun
Just like most activities; the more the merrier! Your workouts will be a lot more fun if your friends are there with you.
Besides going hitting the gym with your buddies, there are so many ways to enjoy exercising with your friends. You can join meet-up groups for hiking or running, get a group together to go walking before or after work, go to group fitness classes, like Spin or Zumba.
A friend at Tempeop says, “Find whatever works for you that motivates you and your friends to have a great workout.”
