Maybe you should also forbid him to read T-Nation, because there are aspects of the site inappropriate for young audiences.
[quote]Otep wrote:
Maybe you should also forbid him to read T-Nation, because there are aspects of the site inappropriate for young audiences.[/quote]
Yes but that would just make him want to read the ‘inappropriate’ sections.
It’s much more exciting than say training articles.
[quote]Antigen wrote:
Otep wrote:
Maybe you should also forbid him to read T-Nation, because there are aspects of the site inappropriate for young audiences.
Yes but that would just make him want to read the ‘inappropriate’ sections.
It’s much more exciting than say training articles.[/quote]
Hence his point : )
Letting him discover and learn about training himself is probably one of the best ways to get him really invested in it.
teenbodybuilding.com is probably a good one to start with as Niranu mentioned.
Possibly setting T-Nation as your homepage could be a good way to peak his interest.
As long as your son doesn’t feel like its being forced on him he’s probably more likely to go for it, at least that was the way i felt about it when i was first becoming interested in lifting and fitness in general.
I would just like to thank al of you for your replies. They were informative (good links) and not too preachy. To reiterate, he is 15 year old kid going through a phase where communicating with him is tough (but on Fathers Day he did take me to see the Hulk). As an update I will tell you that he has been running almost, dare I say, regularly(every other day). Then one day I came home and he’s standing there with dumbbells asking me if these are any good and he does a shoulder press. So I see a little light there, small victories will win this battle. Again thanks for the help.
Last saturday one of the guys brought his 12yr. old son to lift with us. It went realy well. The kid tried hard and did prety well, and we let him know that he did.
Most kids just want to do something and be good at it. Keep it posative and he will stay motivated.
[quote]Otep wrote:
Forbid him to squat or deadlift. Tell him they’re dangerous.
Trust me on this one.[/quote]
haha, this probably would work well.
I’d say just be patient. By setting the example (working out 3-4x / wk) he’ll eventually notice the positive benefits it brings to you, and he’ll want start training himself. Most likely, anyway.
He’s only 15 - what he does at this stage of his life matters very very little to the rest of his left.
What matters much more is that he picks it up sometime in the next 5 years and makes weight training / exercise a part of life, permanently.