So my husband and I went to the gym together for the first time EVER. The whole time he did nothing but complain. He normallly just goes to his martial arts class, but on Fridays he has no class so went with me to the gym and lifted weights with me.
Apparently that bruised his delicate male ego though, since he only lifted 20-30 lbs more than me. He always says that he wishes he had more definition in his muscles, but this was the first time he ever lifted, and apparently I lifted too close to what he did and hurt his ego.
I want him to keep going to the gym with me. It's a big part of my life and I like to share that with him. But how do I do that and keep up with my workout? The only thing I see to do is for me to lift less until he gets far enough ahead of me that he is no longer intimadated or whatever. But that would hurt me a bit in my workout. I can't afford a trainer for him, and he wont go by himself. None of his friends lift either so he cant go with them.
Any suggestions?




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Okay, seriously... if he brings it up, just remind him that this is something you have been doing (and that he hasn't) for a long time and that if he works at it, he will improve... but only if he works at it.


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