mikerobinson
Level 5 Valued Member
I’d say:
“Carry on training”.
Many 18 year old, including your’s truly, stop training after high school without mandatory physical educational classes, or our sports team career tops out at high school level, or we move away from home to start college.
And at the time you don’t notice, because you’re still pretty young and healthy and fit.
Then comes a job, wife, kids, and before you know it you haven’t trained seriously for 15 years or more, and there’s a few extra lbs.
I had a pretty decent level of fitness and athleticism compared to my peers at 18. Biggest regret is not carrying on training / running / etc even at a maintenance level.
So I just told my kids to “carry on “ when they left high school and went to college, with no more details than that.
Didn’t care what they “carried on” with so long as they did it. And they did do it — no point complicating things and giving too many parental instructions.
I remember what Jim Boeheim, the Syracuse basketball coach does in time outs: “I only give them one instruction in a time out, they’re kids if I give them several they end not doing any”.
Now in their mid 20s, some of my kids still lift, while others do long distance running, and they’ve remained healthy and fit.
“Carry on training”.
Many 18 year old, including your’s truly, stop training after high school without mandatory physical educational classes, or our sports team career tops out at high school level, or we move away from home to start college.
And at the time you don’t notice, because you’re still pretty young and healthy and fit.
Then comes a job, wife, kids, and before you know it you haven’t trained seriously for 15 years or more, and there’s a few extra lbs.
I had a pretty decent level of fitness and athleticism compared to my peers at 18. Biggest regret is not carrying on training / running / etc even at a maintenance level.
So I just told my kids to “carry on “ when they left high school and went to college, with no more details than that.
Didn’t care what they “carried on” with so long as they did it. And they did do it — no point complicating things and giving too many parental instructions.
I remember what Jim Boeheim, the Syracuse basketball coach does in time outs: “I only give them one instruction in a time out, they’re kids if I give them several they end not doing any”.
Now in their mid 20s, some of my kids still lift, while others do long distance running, and they’ve remained healthy and fit.