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[quote=Anonymous]In addition to the suggestions already made, I'd look for very active hobbies that don't really seem like exercise at all. A lot of performance arts are like this -- does he have any interest in theater? Circus?

Or find ways to just create incidental exercise. Encourage walking to friend's house and school, or if it's too far to walk, encourage public transportation (he's old enough, and using public transportation still involves a lot of walking/standing/etc.). Send him on errands to the store or other places he can walk. Take vacations that involve lots of sightseeing by foot, hiking, biking, etc.

Some people don't like exercising just for exercise. I was like that when I was younger -- I hated the gym. I liked sports and dance though, so that kept me active. But in adulthood, I went through periods where I wasn't doing any sports. But I've always gotten lots and lots of incidental exercise -- walking everywhere, biking to work because it's cheaper and faster, carrying groceries to my 3rd floor walk up, etc. You can set up your life so that exercise is naturally built into your life, and it can keep you pretty fit without ever having to exercise on purpose.[/quote]

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