Body and health: What if You're Loved One Won't Exercise? It's Tricky

What if You're Loved One Won't Exercise? It's Tricky

I've gotten a lot of emails over the years from exercisers who want to know what to do if their spouse/loved one won't exercise.

Frankly, as a married person, I say that? Is something I'm not even going to touch.

The thing is, we can't control other people. We try, of course. We can ask, beg, nag or try to guilt people into doing things but, in the end, if someone doesn't want to do something, there's not a whole lot you can do. It has to be their decision.

That's the sum total of what I've learned after being married for 16 years.

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