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Working Out With the Wife- ...UPDATE
A couple months back I had a thread, "Working out with the wife- my experience..." and several people were very encouraging and asked for an update. I had been contemplating updating that this week and then after I saw Bain1's thread about working out with his miss it was a good reminder. I figure since I was updating my experience I would just start my thread instead of cluttering up his.
It's been about two months now and it's been real good. To keep it short and simple...
For us:
- we workout 3 days a week together, she goes one day by herself for weights again and then a 5th day by herself for cardio
- we still do the exact same routine... she does 3 sets, I do 5... it's fun having the two squat stands next to each other taking turns spotting/encouraging
For her:
- she's addicted now
... it's part of her routine and "has" to go now
- she's lost 10 pounds but I would guess has "re-comped" more... she's excited her pants around her legs are more loose people have noticed she's getting some muscles in her arms
- diet: she's "ok"... she knows she needs to be more strict and will see better results... we have our diets laid out on the refrigerator and needed macro's and she does good getting it all together
- she's not afraid to use "real" weight- she grunts even hahaha
- before, she wouldn't go into the free-weight section when I wasn't there and tried to use machines to equal what we were doing, after just a couple weeks of that she now does our routine with the free weights even when I'm not there
For me:
- after reading Phil's "Secret to muscle growth" thread, whenever we work out together, she either apply's force or places a weight on my negatives... she's good! She's able to push down on my squat's without pushing me over and takes instruction really well.
- she also keeps me accountable... "you're going too fast, slow down"
For the family:
- it's been good for our 7 year-old daughter too... she's a little chubby (not that bad) but she loves to eat and I know what could possibly await her down the road. We bring her to the fitness center child care each time and she gets to see that Mommy and Daddy are exercising and want to be "healthy", so she always wants to work out with us too! So, we bought her a WiiFitPlus... SHE LOVES IT! Of course this is a delicate age so we try to focus on teaching her about "healthy choices" and being able to run as fast as her friends, etc.
Annoyance- My Wife was getting the whole "put on muscle, lose fat" "diet, lose fat" mantra (she wanted to focus more on cardio b/c she always thought she saw results faster <so I had explain about being "skinny-fat">)... THEN, when she was by herself one of the managers asked if she was interested in joining their "fit challenge contest" (the "catch" was that you have to use one of their trainers), she said, "That's OK then, my husband is training is me" and proceeded to tell him our routine. He says, "Oh, that's for building muscle, not for toning." GARRRRRRRRRR! So this whole week I've had to re-educate her, "Honey, I'll explain it to you one more time, and then, I'll kick you of the house for one night if I ever hear the word, 'tone' from you again!" hahahaha
Hopefully in a couple months she'll make some REAL progress: we've talked about how if she were "serious" for two months, she would really see a huge difference... she knows, and I think she's motivated!
Thanks!
A couple months back I had a thread, "Working out with the wife- my experience..." and several people were very encouraging and asked for an update. I had been contemplating updating that this week and then after I saw Bain1's thread about working out with his miss it was a good reminder. I figure since I was updating my experience I would just start my thread instead of cluttering up his.
It's been about two months now and it's been real good. To keep it short and simple...
For us:
- we workout 3 days a week together, she goes one day by herself for weights again and then a 5th day by herself for cardio
- we still do the exact same routine... she does 3 sets, I do 5... it's fun having the two squat stands next to each other taking turns spotting/encouraging
For her:
- she's addicted now
... it's part of her routine and "has" to go now- she's lost 10 pounds but I would guess has "re-comped" more... she's excited her pants around her legs are more loose people have noticed she's getting some muscles in her arms
- diet: she's "ok"... she knows she needs to be more strict and will see better results... we have our diets laid out on the refrigerator and needed macro's and she does good getting it all together
- she's not afraid to use "real" weight- she grunts even hahaha
- before, she wouldn't go into the free-weight section when I wasn't there and tried to use machines to equal what we were doing, after just a couple weeks of that she now does our routine with the free weights even when I'm not there
For me:
- after reading Phil's "Secret to muscle growth" thread, whenever we work out together, she either apply's force or places a weight on my negatives... she's good! She's able to push down on my squat's without pushing me over and takes instruction really well.
- she also keeps me accountable... "you're going too fast, slow down"
For the family:
- it's been good for our 7 year-old daughter too... she's a little chubby (not that bad) but she loves to eat and I know what could possibly await her down the road. We bring her to the fitness center child care each time and she gets to see that Mommy and Daddy are exercising and want to be "healthy", so she always wants to work out with us too! So, we bought her a WiiFitPlus... SHE LOVES IT! Of course this is a delicate age so we try to focus on teaching her about "healthy choices" and being able to run as fast as her friends, etc.
Annoyance- My Wife was getting the whole "put on muscle, lose fat" "diet, lose fat" mantra (she wanted to focus more on cardio b/c she always thought she saw results faster <so I had explain about being "skinny-fat">)... THEN, when she was by herself one of the managers asked if she was interested in joining their "fit challenge contest" (the "catch" was that you have to use one of their trainers), she said, "That's OK then, my husband is training is me" and proceeded to tell him our routine. He says, "Oh, that's for building muscle, not for toning." GARRRRRRRRRR! So this whole week I've had to re-educate her, "Honey, I'll explain it to you one more time, and then, I'll kick you of the house for one night if I ever hear the word, 'tone' from you again!" hahahaha
Hopefully in a couple months she'll make some REAL progress: we've talked about how if she were "serious" for two months, she would really see a huge difference... she knows, and I think she's motivated!
Thanks!
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