I am just sitting in fron of my computer and wondering how many of you have workout partners.
I have a friend that I go to a gym with but she is too lazy. Therefore, I go alone most of the time. Honestly, I hate it. It is much easier if you have someone to go with. You can talk, laugh, motivate each other and you can even spend more time inside than if you go alone.
I bought a new MP3 player now so I hope it will be more fun. Now, it is just thinking and counting minutes.
I have to walk a half mile to the nearest bus stop and since it's winter I'm not about that...but a friend of mine agreed to go to curves with me in the spring...
I prefer to go it alone... I go when *I* want to ... if I decide to change the time I am going to jog or go to the gym I don't have to answer or disappoint anyone else. When I first started working out 20 years ago I tried partners and they could never be relied on, I was always there and they were not they always had excuses, tired, don't feel like it, argh!! ... I got use to going alone and now I much prefer it... I always see someone I know to talk and have fun with once I get to the gym anyways...
i am a loner too and i like it that way. when i am working out i like to be able to go into my own world. it is a time that i dedicate totally to myself. i tired to get my husband to start running with me and the times we tried it, it was a nightmare. i realized that the thing i love about it is being by myself. setting my own pace, changing up my own route, talking to myself.
I don't go to the gym so that's not an issue for me. i do my strength trainning at home to, and i prefer to do that alone as well.
i do enjoy riding bikes with other people. its easier to push myself, and i feel safer on the road and in the woods if i've got someone with me. the likelyhood that i will get hurt on my bike is greater and i don't really want to be solo in the woods with a broken ankle. i also push myself harder if i am ridding with better, more technical riders.
Count me as another loner. HOWEVER, I will say that that is my personality anyway. Besides that, though, I agree with the practical difficulties. Unless you find someone who is really on the same wavelength as you, it can be more trouble than it's worth.
Not to say I don't like going on outdoor hikes with a friend or my sister, etc. or that I don't drag the occasional buddy to yoga class in my effort to convert the world -- those are definitely fun. But, when it comes to just daily get-in-there-and-do-it, I am fine doing it alone. Music DOES help, too.
I run twice by myself and twice with a buddy. I don't think I could do a long run alone. Well that isn't true, I could but it would be much harder for me. When my partner and I don't run together we run alone... but on the same day, and for the same distnace. So we chat later and compare times. When I don't feel like going, I do it anyway because we are in this together.
When we go for our long runs our minds wander off, and we can spend 20 -30 mins in silence... or just with the odd word. On other days we chat the whole time. It just depends. It is so nice to have someone who shares my passion for running. We have run up and down hills in the pouring rain in the fall, and in freezing cold temperatures. We did wimp out when it was -30... but for the most part we see eye to eye when it comes to training.
For me it depends on what kind of workout I am doing. At the gym, I prefer that it just be me and my MP3 player. I like to concentrate on what I am doing and I don't like the feeling that I have a responsibility to check in with or entertain someone else.
If it is a nice day and I'm out for a brisk walk or a run I think it is fun to have a friend along. It is one of the few chances we have to catch up with each other without other day to day things interrupting us.
partner or alone?
