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Wassup yall I go by the name of Ryan J
I'm Amira. Welcome to He Lifts
She Squats. Now this is a blog, a channel and also a website
HeLiftsSheSquats.com dedicated to all couples that want to get fit together
That's correct.
Although we are primarily focused on just
couples and people in relationships, I want to make it clear
up front that this is not just for those people. If you are single and not in a relationship, it's OK
you know you can still watch our videos. You can learn from the things that we have learned through out the years
Ryan and I have been together for a
very very long time. Yeah definitely. More than half of our lives together. Yep since we were about 16 or 17
yeah well you were 16 and I was 15
Well I forget, you have been 17 and I was 16. I forget
yea something like that. Yeah it's been a while ago.
But long story short. We have given this a couple stabs. We tried to workout together
while we were in college. Ahhh that didn't work out to well. LOL You know we left college, got married and tried to workout again
LOL that didn't work either. LOL We have so many different stories.
The point is that we learned the ups and downs and the things that you should do
and its really all about compromising. So we really want to focus on the successes that we
have had as a couple
for other people in relationships that want to you know, live that healthy lifestyle together
So again, it's not just for couples if you are single it's OK
But from diet tips
to cooking techniques to just over all living
healthy lifestyle. You know specific things like we are in the gym a lot
how do you go about spotting your partner correctly. Some women, they probably think, Oh my God my boyfriend, my husband, whatever
he is lifting all this weight there is no way that I can spot him
we are going to show you those tips and things like that
right... that you can learn how do you really REALLY
workout together and live that healthy lifestyle together
Now one thing that she did mention that I want to emphasize is we're living a lifestyle
what we are trying to emphasize is that as a couple it's hard to do it on your own
but if you have somebody that you can share the experience with
it's a lot more rewarding. We are on the no diet "diet"
Yea he says that all the time. Which is pretty much
we use diet in the main terms of the definition which is the food that you eat
but he don't "diet" we live a lifestyle
most diets are fads you do it for a week a month you see changes and oh
cool then you go back to living your "lifestyle"
so want to emphasize making a change to the point
where your lifestyle is now healthier
so you can make the changes you want to do
yeah its not about getting to a certain number on the weight scale or fitting into this dress that you have been
eyeing for a long time and then you are like oooh now I did it now I can stop No
It's about making that decision that you are going to transition
into living a healthy way for the remainder of your life
Now before you guys start working out together
and just jump into it we want you guys to do us a favor
this is what worked for us define why you are doing it (very important)
the first thing you need to decide on is why you are doing it together
for us we needed to spend more time with each other
I got to the point where I would go to work go to the gym come home
go on the computer
go to the studio do whatever and then time left for Amira was like
really close to zero
yeah like not much at all except like to go to sleep
what I was tired I had to go to sleep
we decided that since we are both active Amira likes to do yoga
I like to do... I'm the nature person... Yea right... I'm that zen person
he is uh on the other end of the spectrum
Put me in the gym I am at home in the gym let me see some iron I am at home
so we decided that since we are both active let's just try and workout together
that way we have more time to spend with each other
so the second one that I want you to define is
why are you doing it individually why do you want to get in shape
I know for me personally when I got into it
I'm the musician and
Trey Songz just dropped his album called Ready and all the ladies were going crazy I'm like why are the ladies going crazy over this album and then
I saw the album cover and I'm like ahhhhhh
okay I get it
so I was 210 pounds at the time and not looking like that
so I decided I'm dropping a mix tape, guess what
I'm gonna look better than that so that was my initial motivation
and now year round I try to maintain that physique
and I just became my lifestyle
I started it just to have a nice looking album cover
after that... and look where he is now he just looks like that
LOL it's just my lifestyle
I do want to add to that though as Ryan said
Make sure you why you are doing it together and why you are doing it separately In regards to why you are doing it separately make sure that you share that reason with your partner
It's always good to be held accountable by someone else and who better than the person that you love the person that you
spend the majority of your time with any way
once you have identified those whys talk about it share about it make sure that
both of you understand the reasons why its so important for you to do that
so that when you have those down days
or you are like why am I doing this
you always have someone in your corner telling you c'mon this is the reason why you said you were doing this c'mon we have a goal
we gotta do this xyz its so much better when you have a hype man
LOL and who else is a better hype man than your lover
so yeah... there it is
So as I said before Ryan and I have been together for a very long time
you guys could not imagine the amount of
tries it took us (whoa) to get to
where we are right now
him and I we are very different (you were going to say something?) we're different
nah not just different LOL It's like I live on the west coast he lives
on the east coast LOL
and we are both strong minded ryan is a Scorpio I am an Aries
so it's like two fire signs I can talk all day about that
but that's like a whole other video
we are both very strong minded and because we like doing things that are so different
the transition period of getting to where we are right now was killer
yeah I am telling you guys LOL It was rough
and I am sure that there are other couples that can relate to that
there is the person that likes to stay inside there is the person that likes to go outside
there is the person that likes to do things this way and the other person does it another way
how do you come across
doing it together there is always going to be a transition period
for us it was long but for you it might be 2 weeks or a day or a month
for us it was years LOL literally
know going into this that there is going to be a transition period and its not going to be easy
don't give up because you get so much more
good things on the other end of the spectrum
once you go through all those hills and those valleys and those peaks and type of stuff
You know, stick with it, when you are going from...
when you are accustomed of doing something one way
and you're getting a partner involved
and you are trying to introduce him to something or he is trying to introduce you to something
there are going to be times when you are going to zone out
there were times when I started going to the gym I would be like why am I here I really wish I was at home doing yoga
I wish she was at home doing yoga LOL
LOL you have to be present be present in th moment
you know something you have equal and shiny
yeah definitely ended the key word here
in any relationship in anything you do is Scotland's
and fellow you love me or you know it's also a manly
but sometimes you have to give up the rain leisurely
and lazy when he's known as the day you have the let him leave
sold isn't given it is about it every relationship is going to be different
yeah so you if I take issue with each other they make you work
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not just me and I'll yeah yeah okay
palm yeah remember this
love me will work and work equals no
plus another bus lines take my word for love his work
and went to the gym to get togethers and only worry is that unusual
so he is she slots is not just our thing
we want to share this with all you're just trying to get it together
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and let's do it again cool good