The president reinstated the test, which was phased out during the Obama administration, to celebrate the "the exceptionalism of America's sports and fitness traditions."

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that will expand the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition and bring back the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools.

President Donald Trump announced the return of the Presidential Fitness Test, a historic physical health challenge first introduced by President Eisenhower and later canceled under President Obama.