President Trump on Tuesday restored the Presidential Fitness Test Award for public schoolchildren — less than a year after he revived the health program that was nixed during the Obama administration. “This was a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” Trump declared on July 31, 2025 after signing an executive order to reestablish the test. The president called it “an important step in our mission to make America healthy again.” But what exactly is the Presidential Fitness Test? The