A Workout Friend

A Workout Friend – "Experts agree that exercising – whether via walking, golfing, or Latin dancing – is one of the most important things you can do for your physical and mental health and longevity. A University of Connecticut study of 189 women ages 59-78 found that strong social support was key to maintaining a new exercise regimen for 1 year.
From: Your Foundation of Friends, Elizabeth Larsen - Prevention Magagine, Dec. '07

I have one or two work out friends, depending on the season of the year." My friend "who empathizes" is one that is my work out friend also. We both encourage each other togo to water aerobics, after a hard day of work, when neither of us really want to go! We walk together, we both know we need the exercise, so we keep after each other to do it.

My husband goes to the water aerobic class twice a week at the Fitness Center, and he tells me about the same group of women that are there every time, so many of them are friends, they come together, they support each other in their fitness regime.