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Workouts can improve
your body and make you look younger
A recent article in the Self magazine said that a 30-minute
walk everyday can help us
lose approximately 16 pounds a year and a 60-minute walk
means a drop of as many as 30 pounds a year. Walking is a great exercise that can be done with your loved one. 30 minutes is very little time and at home
time goes by pretty quickly doing something meaningless. On the other hand, if you can workout with your partner, it can be 30 minutes to connect with your partner, and at the same time, it helps your
and your partner's health. (Related:
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Outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, swimming and other similar physical activities are great ways to spend quality time with your partner. Similarly, during winter,
skiing, indoor swimming and working out indoors can be done.
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the weight off during the holidays)
Other fun activities to do as a couple may include
scuba diving,
dancing, martial arts or a sport that you can practice together. My friend Angela and her husband found that after two years of marriage they were getting bored doing the same things all the time: dinner, movies,
hanging out with friends, watching sports,
etc.. They thought that they needed something different that will take them away from their boring routine. The solution was
snorkeling. They started to take lessons and set a goal to
take a vacation in
Mexico after they have learned enough. Now they are passionate about
water sports and belong to a club where they live. They have traveled to many places (and yes, they did go to Mexico
and
St. Barths) to practice. Let me add that they both are now very fit.
In many fitness programs, overweight couples, who have taken the road to fitness together, have achieved better results than those people who went to workout alone. They have developed a
meal plan and an exercise routine that both of them can follow. To follow fitness program
with a friend is always easier because you can motivate each other and are accountable to each other. You both can join a gym or follow one of the
Internet diet programs that adjust to your needs and taste. If you have kids this is
even more important, because if one of the
parents is overweight, the kids have 50% probability to be overweight. And if the mother is overweight this percentage is slightly higher. If both parents are overweight, the probability is almost 100%.
(Related article: Dating
for overweight women)
Whether you are married or single, physical activities
during a workout are a great way to have fun and develop a
healthy relationship.
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