DS likes his food and his fizzy drinks and, apart from playing golf, leads a very sedentary lifestyle.
He has now decided that he wants to change his habits and get into better shape. We did our first 30 minute run together on Sunday (with some walking but hey, little steps to start with).
This morning before school we tried to do a little resistance workout but he found it near impossible. He has very poor coordination, the tightest hamstrings I've ever seen and hardly any upper body strength.
So plank, squats, upright row, mountain climbers etc were all really tough for him and I really wasn't happy about his techniques and he got very disheartened.
I'm thinking that we need to come up with some activity that won't feel like a work out to him even though it is.
Picking up a heavy tyre and flipping it over springs to mind.
Or even just picking up a medicine ball and moving it from one side of the room to the other.
What do you think? I really want to support and help him as I've been worried about his health and I'm so so proud of him for taking that first step yesterday and getting out for a run. But I don't want to put him off by making exercise suggestions that he finds too tough.
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mckenzie · 09/01/2017 20:17
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