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

I have talked to a therapist or doctor about this issue before, and they helped set up a time for all of us to meet together. Having a trusted professional who has your health care in mind and your concerns can be helpful in communicating your desire to exercise to your parents, and they can help you understand why your parents may be concerned about you exercising. Communication with parents can be tricky when they aren’t seeing your side and you don’t understand why they won’t let you do something. A professional can help bridge this miscommunication, and it really helped me when I had trouble with overprotective parents not letting me do the things that were important to me. It also helps because it usually won’t end in an argument and you can learn more skills for communicating with your parents in the future.

Think about why you want to exercise and express your feelings from there. Having a reason behind it shows them that you are serious about this. Since you say they are overprotective, I suppose they will have many questions for you when you ask. So, think about all of the important aspects of exercising. It is important to have a healthy conversation about this. Maybe you can come up with a few questions yourself so the conversation will be two-sided. But, make sure you are respectful in the process. I believe this is important to you, so just be honest and you will be fine!

You could definitely tell them you want to start exercising and even ask one of them to come with you if they'd like and exercise with you. You could always exercise in your living room at the start and work your way up, maybe the garage next, then in front of your house while your mom/dad sits and soaks in the sun. Talking to them and explaining the health benefits of exercising and how they overweigh any risks might help too. teamwork helps both you and your parents and communication is definitely important. don't hide your thoughts. let them know how you feel

Maybe explain to them the positive things exercising would do for you, the health benefits (mentally and physically). Also to ease their minds, explain to them how you've taken under consideration all the dangers and maybe solutions to said dangers, so you can show them you are serious about this decision. Make sure to ask them to provide you with reasons why you shouldn't do that, and try to debunk their reasons with logic. Try to understand their perspective, because at the end of the day they want the best for you, even though sometimes it may get lost in translation.

Have you and your parents had a chance to sit down and speak to try to understand their reasoning for not allowing you to exercise? Being able to understand each other is important in maintaining healthy relationships and may help find a resolution. They may also not understand you the reason that you want to exercise. If you are able to express how you feel to them, discussing issues that come up may become easier. It can result in both sides being happy with the solution. Sometimes, compromising with each other can be the best option. Hope this helps out!

This is a really great question! I understand that it can be hard to do things like get exercise when you have parents that are overprotective of you and your well being. I might try to find exercises that allow you to stay close by so that you don't have to be too far away fro them. Another thing I might consider is talking to them about how you feel that exercise is important and beneficial to you. You might be able to work something out where you can get exercise and they can have confidence that you will be okay while doing so! This could be a plan like letting them know where you are going and when, or picking a workout place and sticking to it so that they know where you are when you are working out. I hope this helps!

That is very interesting question. I guess it is because the statistics show that almost 40% of people are obese. And majority of people are making weight reduction as their New Year resolution. But you are talking about your parents. Here it goes. To convince your parents who are over-protective require you to do some investigative work. You need to ask your parents questions. 1. Reasons that your parents are against exercise? 2. Is there any type of exercise that they would allow? 3. Are they aware of the positive effects exercise have? You have to do some homework to give them. 4. Did something bad happen to them when they exercise. These are questions you can start with. Once they respond to these questions. You can tailor your conversation to satisfy them that you are able to make a healthy decision for yourself about exercising. And finally, you know yourself best about the situation such as underlying medical condition that may require more supervision (from a Doctor, etc.). I will leave you with those thoughts. Have a safe journey to better health. And by the way, do not be too touch on your over-protective parents. It is just their way to show they care.

First, sit them down and explain to them you understand why they're over-protective, that you understand it's coming from a place of care and compassion, however, in this way it is interfering with something productive and healthy. From there you can explain the benefits of exercising and even try to compromise with them by agreeing on exercising at home or a certain gym and perhaps even inviting them to do it with you. Make it into an activity for both yourself and your parents this way they can see that it truly is beneficial to your physical and mental health. You can go further to compromise with them by agreeing on a schedule as well. Just make sure you're communicating and that they express their concerns and worries and you do too, both parties should always be heard.

Tell them that it isn’t bad to exercise and if they think that exercising may bruise or leave you in hurt tell them that it is just a starting point and that we never learn until we fail. In the same way you should learn to exercise by getting hurt tripping over because it makes it fun now you are gonna say that being bruised up isn’t fun I agree but a bruise tells stories you remember some funny some scary it is up to you second thing you can tell your parents how important it is for your health but if they think you shouldn’t do it because of your health or eating habits then just explain them that as we start exercising we tend to feel more hungry which makes us eat a lot I used to be in my school basketball team from year 7 to year 9 and I know how it impacted me my eating habits changed though now i don’t eat a lot of food I have got a habit of having something to eat every now and then due to the extra effort I had to put on for my matches

You can explain to them the benefits of exercise, such as a better state of mind and lower risk of heart disease. For exercises that are deemed "dangerous" such as weightlifting, it is important to stress that such exercises are not inherently dangerous, and that injury only occurs in people that are using incorrect form, or lift recklessly to impress others. When using correct form and adequate weight for your relative strength, lifting weights has many benefits. In fact, those that lift weights have better bone density than those who do not. You should explain to your parents that you want to exercise as a way to promote your health. If possible, you could reach out to a trainer near you to explain the benefits of exercise.