DH takes DS 15 skiing every year. Over the last couple of years DS has increasingly enjoyed skiing. There was a time they'd ski a bit and then just play Minecraft lol. Honestly, skiing has been great for DS's self confidence. DS says he wants to work in a ski resort in Canada after finishing school.
DH says DS needs to keep his fitness up to get the most out of it, if that's what he wants and they were going to the gym with DS doing 5k on the treadmill. They started this at the beginning of the summer holidays. DS was doing well and enjoying it over the summer holidays, but seems to have lost interest in the gym and stopped going, complaining of being tired. DS isn't sporty by nature and struggles with anxiety and has issues with processing (autism spectrum).
DH is trying to coax him to go, but it's like DS just can't be bothered. I think DH should let DS figure it out for himself. DS cycles to school everyday, and that's about 2.5 miles in each direction. But DH is insistent that fitness is important, even beyond skiing. DH thinks anxiety is something to do with this and is sad that DS seems to be giving up on something he's good at and that will be important later in life.
What's the best approach here? Left to his own devices, DS would just play computer games with all of his free time. That's a whole other can of worms.
We want to do the right thing but we're lost. How much do we force the fitness issue?