The program was created in 1966 and had children run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test.

Almost as soon as it was introduced-and for generations after-the Presidential Fitness Test was absolutely traumatizing to ...

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that will expand the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition and bring ...

One of the hallmarks of the test was the Presidential Fitness Award for top-performing students, a tradition that will return ...

Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley has been named to President Trump's council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, joining ...

Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced ...

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel discusses President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is bringing back the ...

On July 31, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reviving the Presidential Fitness Test. Here's what to know ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the national fitness assessment, which was sunset during the ...

“This is a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” Trump said of the fitness test that began in 1956. An executive ...

More than a decade after the nationwide tests were abandoned, Trump plans to measure school children's physical fitness.