19 Ways Your Health Plays A Role In The Dating Game
Everyone knows that a “healthy relationship” is the only kind of relationship anyone should be in. Respecting one and other, being able to make compromises, and caring for each other equally are all key to a successful relationship. However, did you know that being in a relationship has tons of positive effects on your physical and emotional health, and vice versa?
Whether it be that practicing a healthy lifestyle can help you attract a partner, or how the health benefits of the more, errr, physical aspects of your relationship can help you get into better shape, the choices you make regarding your fitness and health have been scientifically proven to go hand in hand with your dating life. We’ve put together a list of facts that will motivate your inner romantic to get to the gym. Not only will the endorphins from your work out have you feeling sexy and ready to mingle, you might just find that special someone on the treadmill next to you!
1. (Excluding being in love with chocolate and pizza, that is.)
source: Journal of Neurophysiology
2. A little healthy competition never hurt anyone; it might even help!
source: The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
3. Makes you want to invest in a standing desk, doesn’t it?
source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine
4. Yoga for two anyone?
source: Michigan State
5. Drink up, ladies!
source: The Institute of Medicine
6. Just one more reason Adam Levine is maybe the sexiest man alive…
source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine
7. Don’t forget your running shoes!
source: The University of Pittsburgh
8. Hanger is a very real thing.
source: Ohio State
9. A whole new way to think of the term “healthy relationship.”
source: The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships
10. You can’t do everything on your own…
source: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
11. “I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts.”
source: The Journal of Human Sexuality
12. (Unless you normally kiss like this, in which case you’re probably burning a few more…)
source: The University of Louisville
13. The ones on your face, we mean.
source: Western Journal of Communication
14. An apple a day isn’t the only thing that keeps the doctor away.
source: Wilkes University
15. Everyone knows that intelligence is a huge turn on.
source: The University of Dublin
16. They say “love hurts,” but it looks like they’re wrong.
source: Stanford University
17. Laughter has always been the best medicine.
source: Oxford University
18. Tea for two anyone?
source: University of Arizona
19. Sexercise is no joke.
source: The University of Quebec
If you liked this post, check out 11 Ways Your Sleep Habits Are Affecting Your Dating Life.
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