7th grade football

[bigman334]

whats up guys. my son is 13 years old on the football team. he has some of the best natural athletic ability on the team but he's just too thin. he's 5 ft 85 lb's soaking wet. i preach to him that to be one of the best he's gotta get solid. any other guys here around that age with some tips? i'm trying to get him to be a gym rat like his dad..

[dgcoats]

He's young so he may grow bigger. For now just tell him to eat more and have fun.

[TheHitStick]

could be time to start incorporating compound lifts and basic workouts

Bench Press, Squats, Deadlifts, Shoulder Press

teach him great form or if you cant try to get someone who can. light weights and so forth

but if he doesn't want to then don't push it too hard, just let him have fun, it's 7th grade

[bigman334]

thx guys. i basically have him doing bench deads and squats right now. im just teaching him the fundamentals of each position right now while we see wht his lifts do for him over the course of 1 yr up until 8th grade. id like 4 him to set a goal to get to 110 by next season

[Moh7]

your 6'2 215, im sure he'll grow.

Id say with working on lifting, work on speed/agility.

[jgood]

Use any sports role models he has as motivation. He is young though and most people don't become gym rats until at least high school ... but the second somebody sees results they can get hooked.