The best fitness exercises for partner training

Looking for a new way to exercise, or finding it boring to be on your own all the time? Try working out with a partner! This could be your friend, sibling, or aunt. We're sure we've forgotten someone, but as long as you can find someone willing to work out with you and you have the right fitness equipment, partner training is a great option. Read our tips and recommended exercises below!

3 Reasons to Try Partner Training Right Now

Motivation

When you train with a partner, you can always motivate each other. Excuses like not having time or not being in the mood are a thing of the past! It's also a lot of fun: you train and spend time together. A super social experience!

Fun and variety

We can certainly imagine that doing the same exercises over and over again can get a bit boring with your training routine. Training with a partner makes even the most boring exercises fun. Plus, you can create countless variations on workouts you'd normally do alone.

Staff

You'll never have to wonder if you're performing an exercise with the correct form again. Your training partner can help you correct your posture and ensure perfect execution. This takes your training to the next level, ultimately helping you reach your goals faster.

Partner exercises

Leg swing

• Lie on the floor with your head between your training partner's feet.
• Lift your legs and grab your partner's calves. Point your toes toward the ceiling.
• Your partner pushes your legs firmly toward the floor. Make sure to maintain tension in your body.
• Stop just before your legs touch the ground. Make sure the rest of your body is still touching the ground.
• Use your abs to return to the starting position.

• 3 sets of 20 reps – then switch
• Goal: strengthening the lower abdominal muscles + stabilization of the spine
• Boost: partner pushes legs to the right and to the left

Seated ball rotation

• Sit with your backs against each other. Your legs are slightly bent.
• One of you holds the medicine ball in front of your chest with both hands.
• Turn your upper bodies in the same direction so you can pass the ball. Hold it at chest height.
• Make sure that the ball is passed from right to left in this manner each time.
  • 3 sets of 20 reps – then switch
  • Goal: To tone the oblique abdominal and arm muscles
  • Boost: Keep your feet a few inches above the floor

Couple squats

• Bend at the knees.
• Turn your upper bodies in the same direction so you can pass the ball. Hold it at chest height.
• Make sure that the ball is passed from right to left in this manner each time.

• 3 sets of 20 reps – then switch
• Goal: To tone the oblique abdominal and arm muscles
• Boost: Keep your feet a few inches above the floor

Sit-ups

• Sit facing each other with your legs out in front of you.
• Simultaneously perform the well-known sit-ups while passing the ball to each other.
  • 3 sets of 15 reps
  • Goal: To tone the obliques and rectus abdominis muscles
  • Boost: use an increasingly heavier ball

There are, of course, many more exercises you can do with a partner. We'd love to hear what your favorite duo workout is!