Are Schools Killing Our Kids?

Hi there, hope you are doing great! :-)

I know the title of this blog post might seem a bit crazy, but check out this video first before we go any further.  It is very cool, fun to watch, and enlightening, and shows a HUGE opportunity for fitness professionals that want to focus on youth fitness and make a real difference in the world.  Obviously our schools are not murdering children outright, but they are failing miserably to help them avoid a life of full of sickness and disease.

The Death of Movement

Pretty cool video, right?  What a cool way to make a good lecture interesting, add some ART too it.  Definitely helps keep your attention on the video.  This video makes it crystal clear that our entire educational system is ready for a SERIOUS upgrade. Isn't teaching kids how to move and use their body just as important as math and science? I mean, what is the point of education anyway, to make smart kids who are unhealthy/unhappy?  Being healthy, connected to your body, and knowing what to eat and how to enjoy food is just as important if not MORE important than reading, writing, and arithmetic.  And savvy fitness professionals will have a great opportunity to help shape the new school of the future, and make good money off of the poor design of our current school system.

Killer Schools!

In fact, I would even go so far as to say that if a school makes kids sit in a chair for hours on end, prevents them from moving, and does not provide exercise based physical activity (not sports based physical activity) for at least an hour a day, they are setting up the kids for life long disease and illness due to obesity.  It amazes me how many fitness clients walk in the door and are absolutely CLUELESS about how to exercise and eat, often they just repeat whatever the latest myth or marketing trend is at the time. Please don't misunderstand me! Teacher and principles and school administrators are usually really good people.  They really care and don't make great money most they time, AND they are definitely undervalued in our society.  So we shouldn't go on some crazy witch hunt! Rather, it is up to us to evolve the design of schools, and I see personal trainers and fitness professionals as people who can help push this evolution forward fast and save many people from disease and misery.  And make some MULAH too!

Exercise Your Brain Fool!

The research is clear, exercising increase the neurons in your brain, the little connections that are vital for learning.  And its not in some vague, esoteric way; children who follow an exercise based program have better focus, pay attention easily, get into less fights, and score BETTER on tests!  So there is a huge opportunity for fitness professionals out there who are passionate about working with kids and want to make a difference; what parent wouldn't want their children to be calmer, more focused, and smarter?  If you want to jump start your youth fitness business, check out my youth fitness jump start system, which has a bunch of tools for getting youth fitness clients, along with some cutting edge research on how to exercise children.  Not all exercise makes you smarter, so be sure to check out the jump start system. What do you think? How will you create a thriving youth fitness business? What are your ideas about improving the educational system in regards to youth fitness?  Leave your ideas in the comments, we would love to hear them.  Until next time, keep your business fit. Johnny Fitness