Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in public schools

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00:00The Presidential Fitness Test.

00:01Yeah, the one that made you race your classmates in sit-ups and pull-ups and push-ups while

00:05your gym teacher screamed from the sidelines?

00:07Well, guess what?

00:08It's back.

00:09On July 31st, President Trump signed an executive order reviving the test in public schools.

00:14Originally launched in the 1950s under Eisenhower, it was dropped in 2012 because critics said

00:20it was more humiliating than helpful.

00:22Now the White House says it's tackling a quote, widespread epidemic of declining health

00:26and physical fitness.

00:27The test will include push-ups, sit-ups, running, classic gym class stuff, and will

00:31be overseen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's raising alarms about childhood

00:35obesity and inactivity.

00:37Trump was joined by athletes like Triple H, Bryson DeChambeau, and Annika Sorenstam, who

00:41are now part of the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

00:45So get ready kids, your gym class just got presidential again.

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