Actually, it is not correlation implied as causation.
See https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)304...
"Highlights
•Exercising male mice pass a cognitive benefit to their offspring
•This phenomenon is mediated by altered expression of sperm RNA
•Levels of miR212/132 in sperm play a key role in this intergenerational effect"
This appears to be causation implied as causation.