July 31, 2025
While there have been different versions of the Presidential Fitness Test, the one most are familiar with includes a one-mile run, pull-ups or push-ups, sit-ups, shuttle run and sit-and-reach, according to Harvard Health. It’s not yet clear what will be included in the Trump administration’s Presidential Fitness Test.
[I trust the kids are in better shape than my 1970’s high school generation was. Female students were apparently EXPECTED to be wimps because if we simply did one clean pull-up we earned 90%. The boys laughed when I did it!]