President Trump restores JFK's Presidential Fitness Tests for youth replacing Obama's 'Make America Fat' program.

[MarathonMike]

Competition brings out the best in our youth and our adults. President Trump officially brings back JFK's Presidential Fitness Program for youth which replaces the squishy, ineffective program that Obama enacted in 2010. This is another positive policy that will provide clear benchmarks to kids and their parents to assess their health and fitness.

Trump turns Obama-era youth health policy on its head as school fitness benchmark returns

Trump to sign a presidential memorandum restoring the competitive fitness test for students as part of his push to Make America Healthy Again.

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[InstantOn]

Competition brings out the best in our youth and our adults. President Trump officially brings back JFK's Presidential Fitness Program for youth which replaces the squishy, ineffective program that Obama enacted in 2010. This is another positive policy that will provide clear benchmarks to kids and their parents to assess their health and fitness.

Trump turns Obama-era youth health policy on its head as school fitness benchmark returns

Trump to sign a presidential memorandum restoring the competitive fitness test for students as part of his push to Make America Healthy Again.

www.foxnews.com

The Presidential Fitness Program was a joke. Nothing came of it. I know 'cause I was there.

 

[MarathonMike]

The Presidential Fitness Program was a joke. Nothing came of it. I know 'cause I was there.

So was I and it was great. It gave you a clear assessment of where you stacked up against kids your age. Everything Obama implemented was designed to weaken America.

 

[Eman623]

Are they going to ask 8 year old boys try to do 5 or whatever the number was pullups again.

They might as well have asked me to fly around the room by flapping my arms.

 

[Concerned American]

Are they going to ask 8 year old boys try to do 5 or whatever the number was pullups again.

They might as well have asked me to fly around the room by flapping my arms.

How many can YOU do?

 

[Eman623]

How many can YOU do?

As many as I need to. But I never ever seem to need to do any.

 

[marvin martian]

Are they going to ask 8 year old boys try to do 5 or whatever the number was pullups again.

They might as well have asked me to fly around the room by flapping my arms.

That was supposed to be an incentive for you to do better, but it sounds like you just gave up instead.

 

[Concerned American]

As many as I need to. But I never ever seem to need to do any.

I also saw Kennedy's fitness program and gained from it. I was able to do 30 pull ups in boot camp, sadly, 40 years of relatively sedentary lifestyle, I was barely able to pump out seven and now I wonder if I could get half of that--but I am generally healthy at ages that I see others falling like flies.

 

[deannalw]

The Presidential Fitness Program was a joke. Nothing came of it. I know 'cause I was there.

I was there as well, and I disagree.

 

[The Irish Ram]

The Presidential Fitness Program was a joke. Nothing came of it. I know 'cause I was there.

 

[Eman623]

That was supposed to be an incentive for you to do better, but it sounds like you just gave up instead.

Because I wasn't training to be a Navy Seal at age 8?

I was the shortest child in my 3rd grade class counting both boys and girls. I was the last picked at every recess. Eventually I started going into the library during recess and read. I remember reading the first hand account of the 1924 dinosaur expedition to Mongolia. This was not a kid's book, but I read the thing cover to cover.

The librarian used to chase the other kids out. They would ask, "Why does he get to stay?" Eventually the school pulled me out of class one day and had someone give me an IQ test. I must have impressed someone.

Maybe i didn't lose interest so much as I found something else I was good at.

I also saw Kennedy's fitness program and gained from it. I was able to do 30 pull ups in boot camp, sadly, 40 years of relatively sedentary lifestyle, I was barely able to pump out seven and now I wonder if I could get half of that--but I am generally healthy at ages that I see others falling like flies.

Eventually I joined a gym in me teens and was able to do pullups. I used to watch one guy who tied weights to his feet and did like 40 or 50 pullups. Now that was a man's man!