Staying motivated to exercise can become a challenge. Everyday life interferes causing your resolve to fall to the wayside. Fatigue defeats your good intentions. And obligations to other people outweigh promises made to yourself. This is where having a workout partner could benefit you, helping to combat these common obstacles.
There are numerous virtuous reasons a person can conjure up to rationalize skipping a workout. The problem with using daily scheduling as rationalization is that a person can find unending reasons. Then you may find that several months have passed since you last exercised. A workout partner can provide an incentive to work out.
Your fatigue and your schedule may not seem as important a reason to disappoint a friend as it did to excuse lack of resolve on your part. Just the fact that you promised a friend to exercise with them could keep you from missing a work out. Most people will disappoint themselves but find it impossible to let down a friend.