My son has shown an interest in training and I want to help him enjoy working out, but I want to steer clear of weights for a few years and steer him towards a fairly gentle calisthenics based routine, short workouts, few movements.
I was thinking along the lines of starting with bodyweight squats, some sort of assisted chin ups and hands elevated press ups. Any comments or advice would be moat welcome.
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Sounds great! I think this could be one of the most wonderful gifts you could share with your son!
Getting my 7 year old son into movement/ sports has been a difficult process as he is not naturally inclined to move his body
What has worked:
Encouraging him everyday to do a little bit of movement and follow it up with positive verbal praise
Find opportunities to play and make up physical games
Making outdoor walks and cycle rides about adventure and trying to find new bugs/animals
Trying as many different sports and activities until he says afterwards, "Dad that was great!" for him Judo and soccer was not working but now he has really gotten into boxing and chasing the big kids as they run around the block ( I never thought this would happen BTW he used to hate running)
The odd wrestle every now and again!
- I'm sure what every you do with your son will work.
Crawl, walk, jump, lunge, squat, hang, swing, throw, carry & run is the stuff of little and big champions