Expectations vs. Reality: Getting Fit for Your Wedding (in GIFs)

Couples' yoga, anyone?
corgis on treadmill
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Catherine Jessee
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Catherine Jessee
The Knot Contributor
  • Catherine Jessee is a Nathalie Dupree Graduate Fellow at Southern Foodways Alliance and is completing her Master of Arts in Southern Studies.
  • Catherine previously worked on editorial teams, but is currently studying Appalachian History.
  • Catherine worked for The Knot as a Digital Editorial Intern from 2016 to 2017.

Whether or not you prefer high-energy group classes to hopping on the treadmill at home, getting fit is no easy task—and when it comes to prewedding workout regimens, it's hard not to have high expectations. If you're at all like us, among those fluctuating feelings of excitement and dread, you need all the support and adorable activewear you can get.

When you drag your fiancé to Zumba:

Expectation:

Channing tatum and beyonce

Reality:

ross and rachel

And you give couples' yoga a try:

Expectation:

yoga experts

Reality:

big bang theory yoga

Your fiancé did always say you should try weight lifting with them:

Expectation:

emma stone with shakeweight

Reality:

mindy and danny

Or perhaps you finally take a barre class:

Expectation:

misty copeland

Reality:

black swan

And—why not—check out the new pole dancing exercise trend:

Expectation:

pole dancing class

Reality:

dancing fall

But you can always rely on the tried-and-true treadmill:

Expectation:

OK GO music video

Reality:

liz lemon on treadmill with wine

And when you've tried it all, and you're totally exhausted and worried about how you'll look in that dress, they'll know just what to say:

Tim Riggins

All GIFs from Giphy

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