Working Out in a Group

My husband and I got a membership to our local YMCA last week. Today, we took my mother-in-law with us to work out. She stays at home all day and it can't be good for her physically (she's old and it stiffens her joints) or emotionally (she finds daily reminders of my late father-in-law). Also today, I have figured out that when working out with multiple people it is very hard to keep pace. The courteous thing to do is to keep pace with the slowest person, but that doesn't work very well when that forces one to cut the workout in half. My usual is a mile around a track and 20 minutes on a bike. Today I did half a mile and 5 minutes on the bike. I love my mother-in-law to pieces. She is a wonderful woman, but I need to get fit if I'm ever going to be able to carry a baby!