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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:40 AM Aug 1

Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test - NBC News



Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon reinstating the national fitness assessment implemented in public schools from 1956 until 2013. The Obama administration replaced the fitness test after the 2012-13 school year with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which focused more on individual health than athletic prowess. NBC News' Tom Llamas speaks with Dr. Jordan Metzl about the program. - Aired on 07/31/2025.
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Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test - NBC News (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 1 OP
Hated this in school! HeartsCanHope Aug 1 #1
JFK instituted these standards to get the baby boomers ready for military service Justice Brandeis Aug 1 #2
That was my first thought! Could TFG possibly pass this?? (Ever in his life...) Rhiannon12866 Aug 1 #3

HeartsCanHope

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1. Hated this in school!
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 02:20 AM
Aug 1

Did well, but some kids didn't and were teased. I preferred Obama's program, it made more sense. Trump is only about winning, while Obama was about helping kids make lifestyle changes. Much better approach.

Justice Brandeis

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2. JFK instituted these standards to get the baby boomers ready for military service
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 02:22 AM
Aug 1

Just in time for the Vietnam War.

I'm all for fitness standards, but maybe the fat, out of shape president is the wrong messenger to do this.

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