Offering help. What would you do?

[thekid24]

friend wants to get started on weight lifting. And since I'm the only one he knows that lifts weights regularly, he wants me to help him(I actually talked him into it ) Thing is though, I don't think he really has the commitment to do it long term/full time like we do.

He told me once that he only wants to build his chest, traps, back and abs. I guess he has better ambitions than most "newbies" and actually wants to build muscle in those areas and not just arms and abs.

I told him I'll help him build his legs too. With squats and deadlifts, of course but he cringed with the idea of doing heavy squats/deadlifts.

So, knowing that he's prolly not gonna stick with it long term/make it a lifestyle, you guys think I should go ahead and help him out anyways? What would you do?

[bigboy5491]

Forsure try to help him. Some people don't have the will power to commit to something like a workout plan. You can help him to a certain extent, but ultimately it is up to him.

-For the first couple weeks focus on the body parts he wants to improve
-Make the workouts simple and easy to start
-Introduce him to this site/forum, so he can learn and think about lifting more often

[swanso5]

help him out

the challenge is to do what they should do (squats, deadlifts etc) and also what they wanna do (arms, abs etc)

your role is to explain to him why we want to do the first part and then explain the how you'll do the second part that makes him think "yeah deadlifts will be helpful i never thought of that" and "i understand curls won't give me big arms but i'd still like to do some anyway yet i shouldn't dedicate too much time to them"

never say to a client that tbey can't do what they want to do, they pay you

also explain to him how training, eating and recovery all ties in to each other too

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