I'm going to train my 15 year old niece in the gym! How should I start?

[Anonymous]

I'm having trouble knowing what to do. My fitness goals are different. I am naturally thin, so my gym gaols are about building muscle. My niece is overweight. How should I start? She's very new to all this.
I'm thinking for our fist session, I'll just show her around the gym. I'll have her do some cardio and a little bit of strength. But how do I start with someone who is totally new to this? Do we do body weight training, or can we try out some weights?

[Climber]

If you are in a gym, ask a program to the trainer. Your idea about a first session is good. If she want to loose fat, she needs to focuss on low intensity cardio. Building muscle is OK and it will help burning fat, but main goal in the beginning should be cardio to attack the overweight

[Cam700]

I'd say treadmill and simple weights to begin with if loosing weight is the overall aim, then move onto some harder weights. Simple core exercises too :)

[Red_Arrow]

How are you going to train her if you don't know what to do? Don't even know where to start? I can see you helping her with what you know, but the idea of training is more complicated.

[ajboarder]

She really shouldn't be pumping much iron at 15, especially since she's just starting out. Just basic cardio and sensible dieting will help her lose the weight.

[Ulyss]

Give her some good starter Pokemon