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My boss wants to do personal activities together. How can I avoid exercising with my bossmaintain work-life balance without damagingnegatively affecting our work relationship?

Some background information: I've gone to the same chain of gyms for a few years now, and my boss recently started going to this chainjoined. A few weeks ago, I saw him during my During last week's session, and we successfully avoided each other. Last week, however, he approached me and we chatted, which was about work and music (which is totally fine, with me) but then he suggested we meet this weekend and exercise togetherhe suggested we meet this weekend and exercise together. We

We have different goals, and I prefer to lift alone so I can do whatever I want (I lift pretty heavy and follow a custom routine)... And he is known for getting upset with colleagues over personal conflictshe is known for getting upset with colleagues over personal conflicts.

SoI enjoy working with my boss, but I'm not sure I could relax with him outside of work. Additionally, I'd prefer not to use short term avoidance as the solution. So how can I keep the business and personal separate without it affecting our work relationship?

How can I avoid exercising with my boss without damaging our work relationship?

Some background information: I've gone to the same chain of gyms for a few years now, and my boss recently started going to this chain. A few weeks ago, I saw him during my session, and we successfully avoided each other. Last week, however, he approached me and we chatted, which was fine, but then he suggested we meet this weekend and exercise together. We have different goals, and I prefer to lift alone so I can do whatever I want (I lift pretty heavy and follow a custom routine)... And he is known for getting upset with colleagues over personal conflicts.

So how can I keep the business and personal separate without it affecting our work relationship?

My boss wants to do personal activities together. How can I maintain work-life balance without negatively affecting our work relationship?

Some background information: I've gone to the same chain of gyms for a few years now, and my boss recently joined. During last week's session, he approached me and we chatted about work and music (which is totally fine with me) but then he suggested we meet this weekend and exercise together.

We have different goals, and I prefer to lift alone so I can do whatever I want (I lift pretty heavy and follow a custom routine)... And he is known for getting upset with colleagues over personal conflicts.

I enjoy working with my boss, but I'm not sure I could relax with him outside of work. Additionally, I'd prefer not to use short term avoidance as the solution. So how can I keep the business and personal separate without it affecting our work relationship?

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How can I avoid exercising with my boss without damaging our work relationship?

Some background information: I've gone to the same chain of gyms for a few years now, and my boss recently started going to this chain. A few weeks ago, I saw him during my session, and we successfully avoided each other. Last week, however, he approached me and we chatted, which was fine, but then he suggested we meet this weekend and exercise together. We have different goals, and I prefer to lift alone so I can do whatever I want (I lift pretty heavy and follow a custom routine)... And he is known for getting upset with colleagues over personal conflicts.

So how can I keep the business and personal separate without it affecting our work relationship?