Trump signs executive order to reestablish Presidential Fitness Test

Fox News contributor Jim Gray discusses President Donald Trump's efforts to revive the Presidential Fitness Test on 'The Story.'

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order reestablishing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and the Presidential Fitness Test.

Trump, surrounded by Vice President JD Vance, Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Education Secretary Linda McMahon, LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor, LPGA Tour legend Annika Sorenstam and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque, emphasized the need to bring back a focus on physical fitness and nutrition in sports.

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools as Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, from left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WWE CCO Triple H and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watch, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

With the signing of the executive order, Trump planned to address the "widespread epidemic of declining health and physical fitness with a time-tested approach celebrating the exceptionalism of America’s sports and fitness traditions."

The executive order will direct the council to create "school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education and develop criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award."

"It’s a wonderful tradition and we’re bringing it back," Trump