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Benefits and Tips of Couples Fitness:

Benefits and Tips of Couples Fitness: Get Fit for Your Wedding Day

WRITTEN BY TONEKA ROYAL

You must have heard that saying, “Couples that Pray Together, Stay Together!” The same stands true with physical fitness as “Couples that Sweat Together, Stay Together!” We all know that having a training partner is great for accountability and motivation to stay committed to your fitness goals. What better person than your life partner? Creating healthful habits and working out together will not only get you in shape for your big day but has many benefits that will impact the long-term health of your relationship.

1. DEVELOP A STRONGER BOND

As you spend more time together working out, eating healthy, and practicing healthful habits, you will begin to create an even stronger and unbreakable bond. Going for walks, practicing yoga, taking a healthy cooking class, and going to bed at the same time are all great ways to live in wellness and strengthen your connection.

2. EMOTIONAL SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABILITY

Who is better to have your back than your partner? Think about those days that you’re unmotivated, lacking energy, or just having a bad day. Having each other to lean on to offer emotional support, encouragement, and accountability will help you both stay focused on your fitness goals.

“Couples that Sweat Together, Stay Together!”

3. QUALITY TIME

Having scheduled days to exercise together means that you also have built in quality time that will be essential for the health of your relationship.

4. TEAMWORK

Having a successful relationship and working out together have one similar commonality: teamwork. Whether it’s your lifelong relationship or working out with your partner, both require you to learn more about each other’s strengths, weaknesses and how to work together as a couple, which can take your relationship to a whole new level.

5. RELATIONSHIP HEALTH

As you train together, you’re not only improving your self-confidence but you’re also building that deeper connection and attraction towards one another. That can result in a lifelong happiness together.

Apply these tips as you prepare to walk down the aisle with the love of your life. They can serve as lifelong lifestyle tips, which if continued, can bind you both eternally in love and fitness.

Toneka is a certified health advocate from Real Balance Global Wellness. She’s also trained in the Wellness Mapping 360 Methodology, which is a holistic approach based on behavioral change psychology. As a certified personal trainer and specialist in fitness nutrition, Toneka has more than seventeen years of experience in guiding women to optimal wellness while helping them embrace beauty from the inside out through eating whole natural foods. Find out more about Toneka at tonekaroyal.com.

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