Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Instead of thinking about what material things to give your loved one, think of a unique activity or experience that you can do together. Go to the beach and do your favorite water sports, go on a hike, get a couple’s massage, or simply walk outdoors. 

The ultimate Valentine’s gift that you can give each other right now is realizing that exercise is an important part of your relationship as a team.

Exercise improves sex life

If you are fit and well, you can always avoid sexual health issues like low sex drive, stress, lack of energy, and other health problems. Instead, you can have that type of physical, emotional, and mental energy necessary to experience long-term sexual satisfaction with your spouse.

How can exercise play a big role in your sexual relationship with your partner

• Regular workouts can definitely boost libido and improve the overall fitness and stamina that’s needed for your sexual health and performance. Get at least 150 minutes a week of cardiovascular activities like jogging or cycling. Engage in strength training at least twice a week, targeting the major muscles of your body like chest, back, thighs and core. Improve your flexibility and balance by incorporating stretching exercises after every workout session. 
• Exercise can lessen your stress and improve focus and awareness during intimate moments with your spouse. Give enough time to mind-body activities like yoga, Pilates, or simply walking while focusing on your breath and observing how your body moves.
• You don’t need to look like a model with a perfect body to be more self-assured when you’re in front of your partner. Knowing that you’re doing something good for yourself and getting significant results from your workouts can already improve your self-confidence and self-esteem. These are enough for your partner to feel that you are capable of being in control, which makes you look sexy. Taking good care of yourself is the ultimate turn-on for your partner.

Exercise allows you and your partner to bond and connect while exploring and enjoying life together

Working out with your partner is the simplest, healthiest, and most special date you can ever experience right now. You don’t need to try so hard, spend too much, and stress yourself out thinking of ways to give color to your relationship as a couple. You need to move together, value health as a team, and communicate well with each other.

How to strengthen your relationship while exercising together

• Choose an activity that will encourage you to communicate with your partner and discuss things that will enrich your relationship. While walking or running together, you can talk about your goals and dreams or recall your past when you were starting as a couple and laugh about your stories. Avoid discussions that will trigger stress and arguments like financial issues, chores, and work issues. 
• Give some constructive feedback while working out together to show concern and love. 
• You can also add humor with your workouts by doing a dance workout together while teaching your husband simple Zumba-type dance steps involving the waist and hips.
• Ask your kids to join both of you every once in a while and make your workouts a family affair.
• You can also make exercise more fun on special events and occasions like Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and anniversaries by taking photos and videos together or wearing the same color of exercise clothes. Then give a gift of fitness like an exercise membership or package, workout clothes, exercise props, and gadgets.
• Join a live or Zoom workouts together with some of your fitness couple friends.
• Even if you don’t do the same workout in one hour, you can exercise in the same room doing your own exercise routines. The whole experience of exercising together shows how strongly you are committed to fitness and value health in the family.
• Exercise together or with the whole family outside the house for a change of environment that can motivate you to explore other fitness activities like hiking, tennis, or outdoor run/walk.
• You can also workout together with a trainer so you can ensure that you’re doing safe and effective exercises that can strengthen your exercise compliance and commitment.

Exercise plays a big impact when it comes to overall life satisfaction as a couple

Giving importance to exercise can do wonders for your health and overall well-being. Instead of worrying about the medical and hospital bills, you can spend more quality time together while you both age gracefully. Living a healthy lifestyle with your partner gives you that positive outlook in life, better mood sense, and peace of mind.

How to achieve life satisfaction through regular exercise

• Start your morning with any form of a mood-boosting workout, which can be a 20-30 minute high-intensity interval training workout (HIIT) or a short run on a treadmill, so you can get that ecstatic feeling and greet your spouse with positive energy.
• Apply a balanced and holistic approach to your lifestyle by constantly integrating good nutrition and appropriate sleep with your exercise programs. This helps you consistently achieve the desired fitness results when it comes to body composition, strength, and endurance.
• Make your significant other your accountability buddy so you can always remind each other to sustain motivation and make exercise a lifelong commitment.
• Do things together, but give each other time and space to pursue other individual interests, hobbies, and activities, which are very important in achieving one’s personal growth necessary in creating a solid and healthy relationship.

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