Will CrossFit Make American Kids Smarter?

Fact 1: America is falling behind the rest of the world in the classroom.
Fact 2: Classroom time devoted to math and language arts—and to rigorous
testing of these subjects—has increased, and the time spent on exercise and physical education has decreased dramatically.
Fact 3: The U.S. is experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of childhood obesity, which has increased 35% in the past 10 years.

Question: Is there a causal relationship between these three facts? Could it be that the alarming declines in student health AND academic performance are both due to the lack of physical education? And, on the flip side, could restoring physical education to schools help restore America’s standing in the classroom?

Answer: Yes.

-CrossFit Journal, January 26, 2009