Reader’s Guide to Raise Student’s GPA by

Working Out
Shane Kipple
 Table Of Contents
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A Letter From The Editor……………………………………….………....3

Chapter 1……………………………………………………………….......4

Chapter 2……………………………………………………………….......5

Chapter 3……………………………………………………………….......6

Conclusion…………………………………………………………….........8

Citations……………………………………………………………….........9
 A Letter from the Editor

Dear Reader, 
Welcome to a reader’s guide to raise a student’s Grade Point Average by 
working out. In this guide there are steps, tips, and statistics that are proven to 
help students have a higher GPA. This guide is to be used as a statistical 
representation of what is possible if a student were to visit the gym a few times 
more a month. Included in this guide to use the gym for a higher GPA are numerous 
facts that relate to how going to the gym correlates to having a higher GPA. In the 
first chapter of this guide there will be evidence from multiple sources and real-life 
college student situations. The examples used will directly correlate with how the 
individual’s GPA is raised. In the second chapter there will be more specific 
examples of how going to the gym will not just improve your grades, but also 
improve your overall well-being. 
 
This guide is not meant to influence the reader by any means to actually go 
to the gym. Instead it is here to lay out the facts so that it can possibly open the 
reader’s eyes to legitimate and proven situations that could benefit the reader 
physically and mentally. This guide hopefully will inspire the reader to look more 
into the subject to eventually persuade them into taking action towards their own 
overall health, including mental which is very often correlated to an individual’s 
GPA. 
Love,  
Shane Kipple 
 
   
 Chapter 1  
 
Many studies have been done to prove that partaking in physical activity 
multiple times a week will help raise a student’s gpa. The following information 
comes from the articles ​“7 Science-Backed Ways Exercise Improves Students’ 
Grades” ​by ParticpACTION, and ​“College Students Working Out at Campus 
Gyms Get Better Grades” ​by Amy Patterson Neubert. 
 
“7 Science-Backed Ways Exercise Improves Students’ Grades” by
ParticipACTION

“College Students Working Out at Campus Gyms Get Better

Grades” by Amy Patterson Neubert
 Chapter 2  
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In this chapter the connection between grades and exercise rate is 
strengthened through the use of a newspaper article entitled “​Vigorous Exercise 
Linked With Better Grades” ​by Tara Parker Pope and the book, ​“Committee on 
Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment”​ by Basch. 

“Vigorous Exercise Linked With Better Grades” by Tara Parker

Pope

“Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the

School Environment” by Basch

 
   
 Chapter 3 
In this chapter, the overall lifestyle of a college student is put under research and 
how fitness levels and grades correlate and causate each other using the article 
“College Student Work Habits Are Related To Physical Activity and Fitness”​ by 
Jesse Calestine, the article by Terri Williams entitled, “​How Exercise Can Improve 
Your Academic Performance”​ and the book by Jared T. Meachem called “​Are 
Physically Active College Students More Successful Academically Than Their 
Inactive Peers?”  
 
“College Student Work Habits Are Related to Physical Activity
and Fitness” by Jesse Calestine

“How Exercise Can Improve Your Academic Performance” by

Terri Williams

“Are Physically Active College Students More Successful

Academically Than Their Inactive Peers?” by Jared T. Meacham

   
 Conclusion 
 
 
 Citations
Calestine, Jesse et al. ​“College Student Work Habits are Related to Physical Activity and
Fitness.”​ ​International journal of exercise science​, ​Accessed on 29 October 2018.

Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment; Food and
Nutrition Board; Institute of Medicine; Kohl HW III, Cook HD, editors. Educating the Student
Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School. Washington (DC): National
Academies Press (US); 2013 Oct 30. 4, Physical Activity, Fitness, and Physical Education:
Effects on Academic Performance. Available

Meacham, Jared T., "Are Physically Active College Students More Successful Academically
Than Their Inactive Peers?" University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations 2015

Neubert, Amy Patterson. ​“College students working out at campus gyms get better grades”.
Perdue University News, ​ Accessed 29 October 2018.

Parker-Pope, Tara. ​“Vigorous Exercise Linked With Better Grades.” ​New York Times​, ​Accessed
29 October 2018.

Williams, Terri. ​"How Exercise Can Improve Your Academic Performance."​ ThoughtCo,
Accessed 29 October 2018.

“7 Science-Backed Ways Exercise Improves Students’ Grades”. ​Reader’s Digest.ca, ​Accessed

29 October 2018.