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Trump Revives Presidential Fitness Test and Sports Council

The executive order places oversight under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., naming Bryson DeChambeau chair of an athlete council tasked with designing performance-based awards to combat childhood obesity.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, from left, professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WWE CCO Triple H and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watch.
President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and WWE CCO Triple H listen on Thursday during the Presidential Fitness Test executive order signing ceremony. (JACQUELYN MARTIN/APn)

Overview

  • President Trump signed an executive order on July 31 to revive the Presidential Fitness Test and reestablish the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
  • Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will administer the program while golfer Bryson DeChambeau chairs the council of prominent athletes.
  • The council will develop criteria for a new Presidential Fitness Award and launch school-based programs to recognize students’ physical-education achievements.
  • The restored test revives performance-based assessments first introduced in 1966, requiring activities like running, sit-ups, pull-ups and flexibility exercises until it was retired in 2012.
  • More than a dozen sports figures, from NFL kickers to golf champions, attended the White House signing to lend visibility to the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative ahead of upcoming international sporting events.