Hey,

(Im 16 btw) So before lockdown i was into running and then lockdown came and fucked my posture up inhibited me from sprinting. I then decided to get into weightlifting to fix myself and took it seriously, bought myself weightlifting shoes for better mobility and paid for my own membership and then my dad just kept on going on at me about how im an idiot and a thicko for lifting. Bear in mind this man rides motorcycles and has broken his whole body and continues to pull wheelies without any thought but then calls me the retard. Whenever i ask him why i cant go he never says why except "I dont need to give you a reason". I'm starting to get really fucking pissed off as hes fine with me becoming fat and unfit but is angry about me wanting to get stronger and bigger and better. My mothers fine with it but he just keeps stopping me from going anywhere to lift. Oh and this guy thinks that im going to take steroids and end up looking like a IFBB pro...

Any advice on what to do?

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EDIT: Woah thanks for all the advice and help means alot!

Managed to go to my neighbours garage gym earlier today and train with him, didn't say anything to him so he probably didn't think anything of it. Neighbour mentioned how he might be able to get another garage key so that i can go there anytime before i left so that's a massive difference as i can now go earlier on in the day and not have to ask him. (He thinks im going out with my mates that way usually). So far so good and i will update this as i go along.

Just to answer some questions below,

No he's not abusive however he is extremely stubborn and doesn't want to change his views on anything.

He thinks the gym is for gays and when i asked him if he ever went to one he said never and never will because he doesn't want to be gay. lol ok

I've been doing bodyweight exercise's for about 3 years now (Push ups, situps and pullups) in circuit form but have stagnated so i took on weightlifting to get better.

As for sports that's even more funny. He says join a sports team so i picked rugby because of my frame but my mother refuses to let me go because it's behind a shop on a field... tried to do it anyway but then got stopped from going because my parents don't want to argue. When coronas over though i will go into rugby because aint nothing to do but to do it.

He thinks i want to become a meathead when in reality i've said to him i do it because i enjoy it and want to be better but it never goes into his head. He even thinks that eating McDonalds, sugary shit on a consistent basis is healthy for you and calls me an idiot when i refuse to have it at dinner.

He believes i should take up stamp collecting as a hobby instead of lifting weights...