Sorry..."cliche girly stuff" was not my intent. I understand our workouts should be/will be similar, if not the same.
When it comes to the lifting aspect of our fitness routine I am the more serious individual but I do not want to discourage my wifes involment, no matter how serious she is.
The reason I mentioned the home gym fitting my wifes needs is because she struggles with moving weights. She doesn't like moving weights. She would rather not move weights. She feels her limited time is better spent lifting vs. moving weights.
Because we are both trying to lift, we only get about 45min each to complete our workout while the other tends to the household. Our schedule is very tight...we typically have only 1.5 hours between finishing dinner and the kids bath time, reading time, homework, bedtime...some nights the household needs, school projects and/or kids extra curricular ativities prevent us from working out all together. We do our running on treadmills beginning at 4:30am in the morning prior work...prior to the kids being awake.
Like both of you said...I'd rather have a totally free weight system...with a high and low pulley system for the added functionality. I have been reading some of the threads about the New Rules of Lifting routine and I'm interested in giving it a go..getting ready to buy the book.
I'm just trying to find something that will fit our life style, our lifting needs while not discouraging my wife from participating.
Is there such a thing?
Thanks for the replies.
Toby
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