Use Social Media To Gain New Workout Partners

You have sweated and cried at the gym, struggling to lose at least half your weight to reach your ultimate fat loss goal.  One problem with this picture.  You are exercising alone.  There is something about working out with a partner or several partners that inserts an accountability factor that does not exist when exercising by yourself.

Finding Workout Partners

When you are at your wits end trying to find a workout partner or more, your first inclination may be to put a traditional ad in the local newspaper.  Or ask friends and family.  Many people prefer to not exercise with people they know because they will end up not working out hard trying instead to catch up on gossip.  Some people choose to attend a social media workshop to learn which social media networks are most effective in finding exercise partners.

Traditional print ads are not purchased much anymore.  This is due to how expensive and ineffective they have become.  Everything these days is about leveraging the Internet and social networking is the way to go.  Whether you are looking on search engines like Google or Bing, or going to exercise forums to post to the community your desire to find a workout partner, social media will help you find someone to exercise with.

Other Social Media Methods

As noted earlier, using community forums that are part of the exercising community is all the rage.  Posting comments and questions about various workouts can lead to communicating with someone who is willing to become your new workout partner.  If you enjoy talking online or on Skype, why not connect up at the gym?

Facebook can aid your search for someone to workout with by you posting the simple wish for a partner and seeing what responses you get.  Also, you can type in the search box, Exercise Groups, and see what pops up in your location.

Or on Twitter you can tweet to workout groups, some of which may be members of your very gym or fitness center.  There you can tweet out that you are interested in finding a serious workout partner and the times you usually exercise there.  Then wait to read the tweeted responses.

Social media is a new vehicle that can be used in modern life to address many issues, some as simple as finding someone who can help encourage us in our quest to lose weight.  If this is something you have thought about, it will not hurt to try social media to help you out.