Last night I had the privilege to train two friends for about 40 minutes before my next client arrived. I rarely have duet sessions in my schedule, but I created a workout on the fly.
I didn’t expect to have a duet session last night, but it was a nice change of pace. The time flies by much faster with two people and I can see why it is recommended in addition to one-on-one training. The basic layout was a partner ‘relative fitness’ based session. Basically what that means is one client performs an exercise and continues to do so until the other client finishes their set. An example:
Client one: TRX rows
Client two: Slideboard lunges
Client one is performing TRX rows continuously until the other client finishes 10 slideboard lunges on each leg. Clients then switch exercises.
In training this way, each client gets challenged based on their current fitness level. I know that I don’t have the best endurance on rotational core exercises, but if I had to keep going because my training partner wasn’t finished with their set, that’s a progression I would not factor in my solo training. This type of duet setup eliminates the need for training with a relative or friend only as two people who go to the same studio can team up and get a different type of workout.
