For most people Valentine’s Day is an excuse to hook-up and eat chocolate. Hey, sounds good to me too, but surely we can be more creative than that! Why not mix things up this V-Day with a fun workout you can do in the comfort of your home with your significant other?

Today I am going to demo the concept of partner training. Partner training is essentially a workout that involves performing joint exercises with at least one other person or more. There are a ton of benefits to partner training, including:

Social Support and Accountability

No Equipment Needed

Provides a Ton of Variety

Breeds Competition and Drives Better Results

It’s FUN!

Partner training definitely spices things up in our boot camps from time to time. The inner freaks seem to come out of the woodwork whenever people workout with someone else- you are simply pushed to the limit and there is no better way to make your body change and break out of a frustrating training rut. My clients and I always joke that we hear the most ridiculous grunts and animal sounds during partner workouts, ha!

But, being that it’s the most important holiday of the year (yep, I was laying down some serious sarcastic undertones there), let’s make today’s partner training workout a little more intimate if you will.

So grab your luv-ah and try this bad boy out!

The Valentine’s Day Workout for Couples- Tabata Style Partner Training

This 20-minute total body partner workout will consist of all body weight-based exercises. For each exercise at each outlined station below you will alternate between 20 s of work and 10 s of rest. You will repeat this 30-second sequence eight times for four total minutes followed by a one-minute rest and transition before moving on to the next station listed:

Station#1- Partner Push-up-Row Combo

Station #2- Partner Resisted Stationary Lunges- Static or Dynamic

Station #3- Partner Resisted Pillar Circuit

Station #4- Partner Resisted Squats- Static or Dynamic

Now go ask someone to be your valentine and crank it! They say that sweat-driven pheromones are one of nature’s most powerful aphrodisiacs… you tell me

And of course, enjoy a little post-workout dip in the HA-TUB!

Until next time…

Fit and Flab-U-Less

Jonathan