In today’s episode, we bring in Todd Widman from CrossFit Headquarters to talk about children and exercise. Todd is a husband and father to three children aged 12, 9, and 2 and a half who currently lives in Montana, USA.
Key Learnings
How Tom found CrossFit
How Tom decided to focus on training children and teenagers
What CrossFit really is
Why high intensity is relative to who is working out
The importance of associating a workout with “fun” when teaching children how to exercise
How CrossFit relates with the other sports that children engage into
What contributes to the decline of physical activity among children and teenagers
Myths about exercise
The benefits of exercise to academic excellence
How to fix the cycle of obesity in the family
Tom’s top three benefits of exercise
Tom’s vision for CrossFit in the future
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