Some think working out is best with a friend ; others couldn’t think of anything worse. Guardian US writers Lauren Mechling and Madeleine Aggeler debate: is it best to sweat alone or with others? Yes: working out with other people is great It all started when I bumped into my friend Liana by the farmers’ market last month. She was a vision of health, with her swishy ponytail and sporty jogging gear.
Had I known that making an offhand comment about enlisting her to help me get fit would result in a military-style operation, I would have thought twice. But while my gym membership languishes and the hot yoga class pack I purchased in a fit of optimism expires, most mornings I find myself logging 3.5 miles by Liana’s side.
Never write yourself off! 25 things I’ve learned about getting fit – after almost 60 years of sloth Read more Until recently, I did not consider myself a member of the exercise-in-numbers camp. The term “sweat date” – which people used to propose as a form of networking back when I worked at a fashion magazine – always made me want to vomit into my running shoes. Just as I never got into team sports, I never understood the appeal of executing burpees with a buddy, let alone planking alongside a publicist.
I was a lone wolf – hear me howl! – and I wanted the freedom to pop into the gym whenever I felt like it. But with freedom comes great responsibility – or, in my case, great laziness. Liana, whom I met in the trenches at the aforementio.
