Making any kind of commitment is easier said than done, especially if you have no one to hold you accountable for said commitment. Grabbing a workout buddy can not only give you the push you may need to maintain your journey to a better you but it also makes the gym a little more fun! Here is a list of our favorite reasons to enlist your own fitness buddy:
1. It gives you a reason to go to the gym! I always feel like I owe it to her to show up and give it all I've got. She wants to push herself too, and she deserves that respect.
2. She's your (healthy) competition! If she is fully committed to her diet, and going all out on her exercises, she is going to drop pounds, and do you want to be left behind? No! You want to be right behind her with your own healthy results! Plus, how fun is the treadmill if you're not racing the person next to you?
3. It's easier to try new things when you have someone else to look goofy with! Cardio Queen meets free-weights Junkie? It can end up with amazing results. We have helped each other step out of our comfort zones and it has given us plenty of giggles trying to figure out what we are capable of!
4. You have someone to always make sure your form is on point. "Straighten your feet; get lower; bend your knees; GET LOWER"....it's always a plus to have someone to make sure you won't injure yourself!
5. When you verbally tell someone your goal you are much more likely to stick to it and achieve it. No statistics for this, but it's just the truth okay? Your workout buddy will hold you responsible for your promises to yourself! She will tell you to put down the fried chicken leg because she saw you are only 2.8lbs away from a big goal, and this will keep you on track! Every time Anna wants to cheat or I want chicken fingers, I just shout about our cellulite and suddenly our thirst and hunger diminishes. It's really a blessing to have such a super power.
6. She's there to support you, to lift you up and to push you harder than you could by yourself! When you are struggling on your last rep, she is the one that will tell you to shut up and do it. Even after she's added more weight than you possibly dream of lifting. And when you are finished with your last rep, and you feel like your eyeballs are about to pop our of your head and your muscles feel like jello, she is standing there to tell you she knew you could do it with a devilish grin. And then makes you move on to the next workout. She's really just a gem isn't she?
7. You will always have someone to bring you back to reality. When your ego looks like an old flat balloon because the scale hasn't moved, she's there to remind you of the progress you've already made and how far you've come. She's also there with a small pin in hand when your ego can't fit through the locker room door-"Oh, your pants are loose? That's because you haven't washed them in two days, put down the donut. We've still got a lot of work to do"
8. When you are having fun, time goes by so much faster. We have made up nicknames of every buff-daddy in our gym, dance and wiggle to music between sets (oh nope, that's just Sheridan) and laugh at every little thing that we can think of. We make plans for the future, gossip, you know, normal girl stuff, but then we look down and we've finished our cardio and praise The Lord we can finally go soak in the sauna!
9. It's easier to mix things up! Some days we aren't feeling the same ol routine, so we compromise and decide to try new things. We are always looking for new ways to get our bodies moving. Zumba? Sure, we can shake it with the old ladies at the 8pm! Incline 10 on the treadmill? Yea! I love my calves to feel like they are burning off. Hot Yoga? Eh, nope. No thanks. In agreement? Good.
10. You have someone to get sexy and make other people jealous with! There's a questionable relationship with a workout buddy, but who cares? Yea I like to compliment her backside, who wouldn't? We are gunna be stone-cold foxes by the time this is all said and done! And we got to do it together!
