George Spellwin said:
Please post how you helped him here. We would like to read about it.
well he sent me pics of himself and his stats. so what i did is worked with his height and weight and developed how many calories he should be taking in and what %( carb/fat/protein). this kid was lazy... somehow i had to motivate him to become more physically active and socially active. I worked on a cardio and lifting schedule for him... i worked it out so he could have one day off. his cardio schedule was for 25 mins the first 2 weeks.. then it was increased to 35.... and so on and so on till he could do a full hour of non stop cardio vascular.. i explained to him what this would do, how it would effect his body,etc. i had him doing cardio 4 times a week first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. like i was saying.. he didnt take any suppliments so i didnt have him on a fat preserving suppliment like glutamine.this kid was more intrested in getting inshape or "ripped" as he liked to say.... his lifting schedule was 4 times a week as well.. upper body- lower body- upper body- lower body.... rep range was 12-15. i talked to him about recovery, nutrition, training, etc..... at first he lost 3-4 lbs the first week.. that was expected... then on, he was only losing about 1-1.5 lbs a week.....which is good, cause anymore, and he would be losing muscle. there was a point, where he was experiencing some aneorixic( sp?) tendencies, and lost 5lbs in one week....... i explained to him.. that probably 4 lbs of that was muscle... so that cleared up that situation. so as he progressed, he sent me new pics... i was very postitive, because i saw definate changes... and it was important for me to be positive cause he was negative.. he didnt see any changes... i explained to him that it was cuase he saw his body EVERYDAY. i didnt... so as he progressed... i tweeked his diet and training, as his bodyweight decreased. and at the end of 14 weeks.. i sent him an email with his original pic and his last pic at week 14.... and the only thing i typed in the subject was " LOOK" with a big smiley face. i really think it made his day.
as for his social life... i got him into sports.... he choose lacrosse, an excellent sport. lots of running, and lots of friendships he could develope. as being an overweight child and a kid who didnt have alot of friends( nobody wnats to be friends with a county hick/ redneck), i really felt like i was not only helping him, but helping myself. and the point where i really felt happy for him, is when he told me he was going to go out on his first date on a friday night of that week.
so thats the general idea of what we went through... alot of motivation... alot of change, and alot of hard work on both sides....... but in the end.. it was worth it.
which leads me to my next project......... myself getting down to 9-10 % before our first match in tennis... as well as helping a fellow teamate getting down to that same bf before the end of the season... and helping another teamate add some lean muscle