weight lifting / body awareness for teen boy

[EmilyGF]

How can I help ds15 gain in body awareness under the guise of physical fitness?

If there were no COVID, I might have him to martial arts. That's not an option, obviously, especially not for a beginner.

It needs to be less than 35 minutes per day, I think, and should have strength training and stretching. He does a lot of hiking and biking a few days per week, but his posture is atrocious and he doesn't really have any body awareness.

Thanks, Emily

[fairfarmhand]

Pilates? Yoga? Tai chi? All of those will help with those things. I’d think for a boy tai chi might be the way to go. 
 

you can find videos in YouTube 

[EmilyGF]

30 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said:

Pilates? Yoga? Tai chi? All of those will help with those things. I’d think for a boy tai chi might be the way to go. 
 

you can find videos in YouTube 

His piano teacher suggested tai chi. I do best with systems so that I don't have decisions to make; otherwise I get lost in decision making.

[TABmom]

You might not have to count martial arts out. Our dojo is doing great with social distancing. They're outside and working on forms instead of sparring. 

[PeterPan]

Have you seen Spartan training? Someone mentioned it in my PE thread. They have a free plan for kids.

[elegantlion]

My son took up weight training and it's been great for his posture. He's a very thin, non-sporty young man, who sits at a desk a lot. Granted he bought a huge setup and had to put it in the garage. It was his choice to do so, so motivation was his own. I would think at 15, there would need to be input from from him as to how this could help him in activities he's already doing - the biking and hiking.

[alisoncooks]

Would he like DDP yoga? The instructor is very direct and full of personality.