The fitness test was introduced by former President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 and had required students to perform situps, pullups or pushups, a sit-and-reach test and a one-mile run until the Obama administration shifted the program’s focus away from athletic feats.
Trump signs executive order re-establishing Presidential Fitness Test: ‘MAKE AMERICA FIT AGAIN!’
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July 31, 2025
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