How do I convince my over-protective parents to let me exercise?

You could possibly tell them that you are concerned for your health and that you want to exercise to feel and look more healthy.

you can talk to them about the health benefits of exercising and how it would not only improve your physical but also your mental well-being :)

Explain to them how healthy and beneficial exercise is! Maybe encourage them to join you :) So many benefits for the whole family!

There are many ways to excersise without even leaving the house. For example there are many videos on YouTube with good indoor routines. It does depend on why they don't want you to excersise though. For example if it's due to health reasons it may be better to look at it from their perspective.

This can be a difficult situation, but it is important to remember that nobody can really control you. You are your own person. Instead of feeling that your partner must "let" you exercise, think to yourself, "I want to exercise, I will exercise." Making an affirmation to yourself will allow you to feel more confident, and to realize you are your own boss. Behind doing simple exercises at home, mix stretches into daily routines such as getting dressed or while doing chores. Think of grocery bags as weights and loft them with pride. You'll start to feel like you're exercising, co finance will increase. If you have a staircase, run up and down it for cardio. Your partner will likely notice this, and may see the positive change it makes in you.

The best thing you could do in this situation would be to do some research on different studies that shows why it's benefitial for someone to excercise. Once you feel confident in your research you should sit down with them and talk them through the heath benefits of leading an active lifestyle. Remember, just like rome wasn't built in a day this will take some time as the only reason's why parents are over-protective is that they have worries for you and just want the best for you, the best would not be to push things but to calmly present the research and your own personal reasonings behind why you want to statt excercising.

I think this really depends on your relationship with your parents and their reasons for not allowing you to exercise. However I would personally have an open and honest discussion with them to understand their perspectives and to let them know why you want to exercise. I would want them to know that it was something that would make me happy and that would have benefits. Try to listen to their concerns and alleviate them if you can. Perhaps a compromise can be reached which would leave everyone feeling happy. If you find it hard to talk to your parents or feel that you wouldn't be able to articulate your feelings well enough then perhaps you could write them a letter. I find that writing things down helps me organise my thoughts which can be especially useful when you are preparing to have a difficult conversation with someone.

To start, you could try looking at exercises like yoga, which you could do by yourself, and slowly wean it into your regime, and when they see that you are benefiting from it, they will probably be persuaded to let you add small things into your regime, like going for a run or going to the gym once a week, and this will show them how much you're into it, and you'll be getting fitter and happier, and this will show them that it's a thing that'll really help you, and most likely, you will be able to continue exercising and enjoying yourself! :)

This question depends a lot on the reason you want to exercise, and why your parents don't want to let you. There may be a reason your parents are being protective. If you haven't asked them why yet, that may be a good place to start. Think about why you personally want to exercise, and evaluate if that reason is healthy mentally and physically. If you're positive that you want to work out for the right reasons, it may be beneficial to have a conversation with your parents. Keep in mind, parents are over-protective because they love you! Good luck.

Talk to them about why exercising is important to you, both for your health and mental well-being. Work with them to come to an agreement over what you can do, which will involve compromise... e.g. taking a cell phone with you when you run or only going at certain times. I they won't budge on letting you go out alone, would they let you join a running club or sports club? If so, you could do that, and probably make some new friends too! Ask them what they did when they were your age. Did they go out alone? Play soccer on a team? This might get them to think 'as you'. In these discussions, remember they just have your best interests at heart and they're only being overprotective because they love and care for you.