Exercise with your partner, it helps in quality interaction & builds intimacy

Couple workouts require you to pay attention to each other.

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After steamy workouts sessions, couples can get hot and messy together.
If working out with your significant other was a to-do list item before, now is the perfect time to strike it off. With gyms, swimming pools and group exercise classes off limits, home workouts are the norm. Team up with your partner and get hot and messy together.

Quality interaction like this aids intimacy in the long run, rather than restricting yourself to passive activities like watching a movie together.

Build intimacy

Partner workouts require you to pay attention to each other. Experts say that it’s a wholesome way to relate to another person. It also helps to build trust when you attempt such exercises as headstands and may need someone to be your safety net to avoid injuries.

But importantly, when you first work out together, you perhaps view each other’s bodies in a new light. Beyond the aesthetics, you see your partner’s strength and their ability to do amazing things with their bodies. It’s sure to reignite the spark of attraction.

Work On Your Core Fitness: 5 Simple Exercises To Get Started
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The best core exercises are the ones that cover more muscles together and are simple enough to do in the privacy of your home.


(Text: Nishtha Sabharwal)

The best core exercises are the ones that cover more muscles together and are simple enough to do in the privacy of your home. (Text: Nishtha Sabharwal)

Lie on your back with your knees bent. Your heels should be as close to your glutes as possible. Keep your arms to the side. Lift your hips upwards, using your feet and your glutes. Hold the position, and bring it back to start.

Lie on your back with your knees bent. Your heels should be as close to your glutes as possible. Keep your arms to the side. Lift your hips upwards, using your feet and your glutes. Hold the position..
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Lie on your back with your legs bent. Lift your legs and slowly start pedalling in the air. You can do it both clockwise and counterclockwise.

Lie on your back with your legs bent. Lift your legs and slowly start pedalling in the air. You can do it both clockwise and counterclockwise.

Lie on your stomach, then lift your body with your arms (till elbows) supporting you, and your toes at the bottom. Hold the position for as long as possible.

Lie on your stomach, then lift your body with your arms (till elbows) supporting you, and your toes at the bottom. Hold the position for as long as possible.

Lie on your back with your legs bent to support your lower body. Place your hands behind your neck for support. Slowly lift your upper body (not with your neck) and stop when it reaches your knees. Repeat.

Lie on your back with your legs bent to support your lower body. Place your hands behind your neck for support. Slowly lift your upper body (not with your neck) and stop when it reaches your knees. R..
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Stand firmly with your arms behind your neck. Bring one leg up and cross it across your body while bringing the elbow on the opposite side as close to your knee as possible.

Stand firmly with your arms behind your neck. Bring one leg up and cross it across your body while bringing the elbow on the opposite side as close to your knee as possible.

Physical interaction
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Moving the physical interaction between your partner and you from the sheets to the exercise mat increases intimacy. All that breathing, sweating, touching will surely translate into bedroom benefits in the long run.

If you get creative with partner workout poses, the benefits could be almost immediate. But try not to lose focus and get the exercise out of the way first.

After effects
You can reserve time for play after work. There is that step of washing up after a sweaty workout. The reward for sticking to your fitness goal with your significant other could be a long, hot shower. Together.


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