As your lives gets busier and busier, it becomes much more difficult to spend quality time with your most important person: your partner. Factor in work, time with the kids and sleep, and most couples see each other only a few hours a day. If you managed to scrape together some alone time with your sweetie, what would you plan? A day trip? A visit to the mall? Eating out at a favorite restaurant? The reality is that while we need to make time for our relationships, we also need to make time for our health. So this year, try making time for your number one by committing together to a larger power: fitness.
WHY DO IT?
There are many benefits to exercising with your partner.
• Quality Time. Life places heavy demands on us, especially in today’s fast-paced world. That means that the time we spend with our families is often shared with several other tasks at once. If you can make time to exercise with your partner, you can use that time to reconnect and re-learn all of the reasons you got together in the first place.
• Common Ground. Sharing a workout routine gives couples just one more reason to be interested in each other’s lives. Sharing the love of fitness can be one of the most intense experiences, since by pushing ourselves to achieve physically we overcome hardship and experience great joy. This common ground can become an important bond in any relationship.
• Support. Having your loved one invested in your workouts and fitness plans can help you both succeed.
• Balance. Exchange your interests in fitness and working out with those of your partner. By sharing fitness routines with your partner you can avoid falling into workout ruts.
• Nutrition. Eating is a family affair. It’s very hard to change the diet of just one member of a larger household. By committing to fitness with your partner, you can help each other adopt healthy eating habits.
WHAT TO DO
Often we hesitate to start a routine with our partners because we have varied fitness levels. Here are some solutions that level the playing field.
• Classes. Sign up for swim lessons, yoga, indoor climbing, or salsa lessons. Any activity in a classroom or group setting is usually designed for varied levels.
• Cardio. By using stationary bikes, treadmills, or stair machines, two people of widely varied abilities can work out side by side.
• Intervals. Do track workouts that call for short bursts of intense effort, then rest periods that allow you and your partner to interact and assess the workouts.
• Stretching. After a tough workout, assisted stretching can be a good way to bond and unwind. This might also be a good time to trade massages, using Forever’s Relaxation Massage Lotion (#288). This lotion takes our stabilized aloe vera, which is renowned for its soothing, moisturizing properties, and adds lavender and white tea. Lavender is the perfect aid to help you relax, while white tea infuses the lotion with an invigorating, fresh scent. Or try Aloe Heat Lotion (#064), a pH-balanced, lubricating lotion designed for a soothing,
relaxing massage. The deep penetrating power of Aloe Vera will help your muscles and skin forget the cares of the workday.
• Get Outside. You and your partner will
love your new active lifestyle once you try hiking, canoeing, rafting, walking, or cycling. And while you are out and about, Forever Aloe2Go® (#270) can give you the
great-tasting energy boost you need by supporting your body with complex carbohydrates. Get another energy blast from Forever Fizz® Effervescent Energy Formula (#283). It’s a great-tasting, effervescent, mango-flavored tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water for quick and easy delivery to your body for energy. If it’s about time you carved out hours in your busy schedule to spend with your mate, why not spend those hours ensuring your
partner will be around for a long, long while? Exercising with your partner not only ensures that you’ll be friends for life, it ensures you’ll have long lives to share. So this year, partner
up and get fit!
Aloe Forever 