The Kids Are All Right

Crossfit will lead this country out of recession and into greatness for the same reason it dramatically impacts adults and kids. It provides clarity and meaning to fitness that is infinitely transitionable throughout the broad domains of life. Thank you Jeff and Mikki for having the fortitude and foresight to take Crossfit to a developing generation. Its much better than living in tents in front of financial institutions and pretending to make a difference.

Has there been any thought to offering parent/child CrossFit classes? I know that some yoga studios do parent/child yoga. I ask this because my two-year-old is very interested in my CrossFitting. She does cute little pushups and gets half way up the wall on wall-climbs. I sometimes use her as a "kettlebell", which she really enjoys. Push-presses with two-year-old in your hands instead of a barbell can be a great workout. So, has any thought gone into this concept? With a parent/child class, I won't have to wait three years before my girl can start CrossFit Kids!

Some affiliates do do this and Brand X has had some one-off special event parent-child classes while not offering them on a regular basis. Instead they run a very successful pre-school program which is the cutest thing to watch.
Lots of little kids from 3 to 5 and occasionally younger or older all doing CrossFit. I challenge anyone to watch a class and not smile. :-)

Ask CF Kids HQ if there is an affiliate with a pre-school program near you.
You can email them at info@CrossFitKids.com

You can see excerpts from the Pre-school classes run as part of the CF Kids cert in this video http://journal.crossfit.com/2009/11/the-birth-of-crossfit-kids.tpl starting at about 3:15
and one of the pre-school kids being used as a demo girl at a kids cert in this video http://journal.crossfit.com/2009/10/crossfit-kids-certhighlights.tpl at about 2:31. That little cutey was pretty much the reason for the pre-school class kicking off and she's now moved up to the CF Kids program.

Wow. Thanks very much, Craig, for directing me to those videos. The vision that the Martins have for kid-fitness completely coincides with my own. I'm glad there are people like the Martins out there!! Thanks again.

Looking ahead to when your happy little CrossFit kid becomes a surly teenager, the WOD will let you know whether 'The Kids Are All Right.'

Worried about your kid staying up late or not eating right? You don't have to be a cop anymore. The WOD will tell the tale.

You have to look for a dramatic decline in performance - like my 13 year old's this past Monday. She killed a WOD of cleans and runs before the weekend but became a sobbing mess after only a few body weight squats.

Where adults can push through the effects of a sleepless night or a hangover, kids' bodies will betray them more easily, I suppose. I'm sure the science is compelling.

I just enjoyed the whimpering confession as she lay on the ground. She HAD been staying up way, way late the prior few nights. I didn't even have to water-board her.

Ha! Very cool, Thomas.