[quote]gregron wrote:
this is what I do OP… I go to the gym, get my heavy lifting knocked out and then my fiance shows up about an hour or so later and I train her. I’ll do some ab stuff with her and maybe some conditioning (jump rops/stair master/whatever) but I basically am just a 1 on 1 trainer with her.
Its pretty easy to do if you dont mind spending 2.5 hours in the gym. I love being at the gym so it doesnt bother me. I like training her because I can help her with her form, I can be encouraging to her when its hard and i know she can keep going, plus (TBH) for me its a big turn on to see her working hard and lifting “heavy” and putting in the work.
I think it is a very sexy thing for a woman to be comfortable with their body and to lift/workout hard. It makes me love her even more when she’s in there busting her ass and getting some lol I think it definitely helps our sex life to be at the gym together/keeping fit… For me, it is definitely a positive in our relationship.
I hate to stretch and absolutely loath doing abs but she makes me do it. She doesnt really like doing HIIT but I have her do it… we help eachother out.
(that might sound cheesy or lame or whatever but its true)[/quote]
I like this approach as well…while i was on leave…the way we had it goin was i’d do my thing while she ran somewhere around 4-6 miles depending on the day then she’d come in and i’d have her do stuff…all while getting that ‘i hate you’ look…it helps she’s a trooper tho
[quote]challer1 wrote:
From what I get from the OP, it sounds like he’s not asking for help getting her motivated but how to help her in the gym without ruining his own work out. You know, he’s trying to work out, but having to take a 5 minute break in between every set to show his fiancee what to do next.
Anyway, if I’m right about that, you need to think this out ahead of time… figure out what you can both do as close as possible in the gym so you aren’t running all over the place in between sets. Easiest way to do it is set up in the rack, roll over a free bench and a set of dumbbells, and do everything all in the same spot. You can squat, bench, row, press, chinups, etc in the rack… or do the same DB work she is doing. If your fiancee someone who is just doing weight training for general fitness and to supplement marathon training… she can get everything done with dumbbells (lunges, stiff-leg deads, rows, press, arms, etc). Do any machine work you want at the very beginning or the very end of the workout and try to get most of your workouts done in the same spot and it’s easy.
Either way it won’t be more than a few months if you train regularly together that she will pick up everything and not need to be babysat and you can focus on your own workout.[/quote]
this is absolutely true…and will be much clearer once i’m finally out of the Marine Corps and her and I are living together and are able to establish more of a regime…
Thanks a lot to everyone who posted…it was mainly just a general discussion on how everybody went about training with their other half…
[quote]Yghetr wrote:
This one goes out to all my iron bros with girls who love to be active and fit… I personally love nothing more than to throw as much iron around as possible…I recently got back from about an 8 month deployment so regaining that strength is becoming a a fun and interesting journey… My girl…fiance, or soon to be wife recently purchased a marathon running book and she plans on conquering a marathon sometime here within her near future…
My question to those who have wives or g.fs who love fitness as much as you do…what are the best ways you’ve found to balance training yourself and also training her and helping her get more comfortable with movements, proper technique and so forth without dampering your own work out? just a random inquiry…thanks to all who answer…[/quote]
My gf and I go to different gyms. Purposely.
On my off days or when I had some extra time I went with her to hers and taught her stuff. She wasnt a complete newb to a weight room though, just new to lifting with a purpose.
I dont think its possible to have a good workout and teach a complete beginner at the same time.
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[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
I dont think its possible to have a good workout and teach a complete beginner at the same time. [/quote]
This.
I like Greg’s suggestion of working out prior then his gf coming in after his workout.
I’ve tried but it didn’t work. She simply doesn’t like lifting weights. Getting her to workout with me in power rack in the basement was like taking a cat to the tub for a bath. We still go the gym together on weekends. She’ll do cardio, I’ll hit the weights. If I happen to finish my workout in under an hour, I’ll get her off the treadmill and we’ll do some sets on the Lifefitness machines. Shit like Chest Press, shoulder press or machine curls. She doesn’t mind those and I get a little extra pump.
If her workout interfered with mine, I wouldn’t go to the gym with her at all. I won’t push my training ideals down her throat either. It just doesn’t work.
[quote]Fuzzyapple wrote:
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
I dont think its possible to have a good workout and teach a complete beginner at the same time. [/quote]
This.
I like Greg’s suggestion of working out prior then his gf coming in after his workout.[/quote]
x3
I don’t like Greg’s suggestion. You should be eating by then.
I Agree with BONEZ
I don’t think is possible to have a good workout and at the same time teach
I think the best thing to do for her is that you teach her about Periodization with Peaks
If she is preparing for a marathon only in one year then you have 52 weeks that you want to split up into Periodized training plans to specifically develop the required energetic systems required by the Marathon
You want to start with Anatomic Adaptation to prepare joints and muscles and then go into more specific training plans
It is been demonstrated for example that Marathon Athletes will gain benefit from High Intensity Interval Training as well rather then just training at low intesity for long distance
Some authors you want to look at are Tudor Bompa, Haff, Verkhoshansky. Easy to read yet provide scientific explanations about current training methodologies.
just my 2cents
Good luck
^what the fuck man. How to make something complicated.
@Jasmincar
don’t know if you are referring to the post above
but if so to be honest any serious athlete professional or amateur with a precise goal will most certainly structure the training plan according to the discipline in order to succeed
it may sounds complicated - what the fuck - but it isn’t really - its just organized I would say
take it easy
MattHoff102
[quote]MattHoff102 wrote:
@Jasmincar
don’t know if you are referring to the post above
but if so to be honest any serious athlete professional or amateur with a precise goal will most certainly structure the training plan according to the discipline in order to succeed
it may sounds complicated - what the fuck - but it isn’t really - its just organized I would say
take it easy
MattHoff102 [/quote]
Alright, that was a rude post and I apologize. But I think that when dealing with newbies it is better to keep it the most simple possible. I think periodizing is quite complicated for someone who is starting out.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
[quote]MattHoff102 wrote:
@Jasmincar
don’t know if you are referring to the post above
but if so to be honest any serious athlete professional or amateur with a precise goal will most certainly structure the training plan according to the discipline in order to succeed
it may sounds complicated - what the fuck - but it isn’t really - its just organized I would say
take it easy
MattHoff102 [/quote]
Alright, that was a rude post and I apologize. But I think that when dealing with newbies it is better to keep it the most simple possible. I think periodizing is quite complicated for someone who is starting out.
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No worries
I think the opposite applies.
You can educate newbies easily with Periodization Concepts, but educating someone who has always followed certain paradigms is harder.