The Army spent years trying to build a fitness test that ignored gender, only to discover that biology, politics, and combat readiness refuse to fit neatly on the same scorecard.

The test has been reinstated after being canceled in 2013 ...

To borrow a phrase from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “It’s BACK.” The Presidential Fitness Test — a gym class assessment discontinued under the Obama administration that measured ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday alongside a coterie of current and retired professional athletes to bring the presidential fitness test back to U.S. schools — a national ...

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Illustrations from 1997’s ‘Get Fit! ... How To Get in Shape To Meet the President’s Challenge and Earn the Presidential Fitness Award’ It was born out of Cold War fears of an overweight, sluggish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump is trying to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back. For many, the mere mention raises bad memories. (Photo ...

Mandatory push-ups, pull-ups, running and more will be soon be returning to schools as President Donald Trump has reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test, which requires students to complete a series ...

In July of 2025, President Donald Trump reinstated the Presidential Physical Fitness Test,[1] a standardized evaluation of fitness for American school-age children. It includes a one-mile run, ...

(NEXSTAR) — Kids, lace up your sneakers and prepare to stretch: the Presidential Fitness Test is coming back. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reestablish the test, which ...