To celebrate this Valentines day, we are showing you some of our favourite couple workouts! Training with you partner is a great way to strengthen both your body and relationship, working out with someone is not only a great motivator as you both want each other to do well, you also have built in accountability to not let each other down.
Additional benefits of working out with your partner include being able to introduce each other to different workouts, helping you add variety to your routine. Working out with your partner is also a good way make time for each other, we know balancing work, the gym and other parts of your life can leave you with little time, especially during the week with your partner, so training with them is a great way to keep up them without neglecting your training!
High 5 push-ups
High 5 push ups are a great exercise to strengthen your upper body. Targeting your chest, shoulders triceps, upper back and core, push ups are the ultimate workout for your upper body.
How to do them:
Face your partner in a push up position, both simultaneously complete a push up, once you are both up, reach in front of you to high 5 your partner. Repeat this switching hands each time. Start off with 10 push ups for 3 sets.
Doing push ups this way transfers your weight on to one arm briefly and causes increase time under tension, making them a perfect push up variable to do with your partner.
Medicine ball throw ball squats
Medicine ball throws balance upper and lower body perfectly! The squats target your glutes and thighs, whereas the throwing of the medicine ball helps develop the upper body.
How to do them:
Stand facing your partner with a medicine ball at a weight which suits you both. Whoever starts with the ball completes a squat and once you have come back up to a standing position, throw the ball to your partner, the other person should then catch the ball and do a squat once they do so. Repeat explosively. Complete 10 squats each for 3 sets.