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re: Trump is signing an EO to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back to public schools
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:10 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:10 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I remember when we had to take the test on the schoolyard under Reagan and Arnold.
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 12:11 pm
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Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:12 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
This brings back tough memories of not being able to pass the flexibility portion 
That being said, I survived that trama!
That being said, I survived that trama!
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:17 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
This is a good thing. I’d love to see who doesn’t support this.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:19 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I am for bringing back dodge ball also
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:19 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Good.
Kids, especially younger, elementary aged, need multiple hours a day of exercise.
Right now, they do not get nearly enough.
Kids, especially younger, elementary aged, need multiple hours a day of exercise.
Right now, they do not get nearly enough.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:21 pm to Oates Mustache
quote:
It should have been gradual,
This was one of the biggest issues... It was like ok, today we have salt and tomorrow no salt on anything....
Changing the mindset starts at home but in typical lefty fashion it was rushed and not well thought out... Not to mention, most of the "bad" calories the kids were getting they were not getting from the school lunches....
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:30 pm to Scruffy
This is going to require PE teachers to actually work. My kids are athletic and enjoy PE, except the PE teachers are lazier than the kids.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:47 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Gotta get our young men in fighting shape so we can send them to fight for Ukraine and Israel
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:58 pm to SeaBass23
quote:This will require a culture change.
This is going to require PE teachers to actually work. My kids are athletic and enjoy PE, except the PE teachers are lazier than the kids.
Schools need to move away from the idea of “desk time” and towards a more active system.
This would also assist boys more as well.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 12:58 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I remember doing those annually in school, I loved it. Didn’t get it one year because of the friggin shuttle run.
It’s good this got revived, Hussein thought the test would make fat kids feel bad/left out.
Libtards really are delusional. Men are women. Big is beautiful. Big is healthy.
It’s good this got revived, Hussein thought the test would make fat kids feel bad/left out.
Libtards really are delusional. Men are women. Big is beautiful. Big is healthy.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:00 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Do schools even have PE, anymore?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:17 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Funny story about the rope climbing. We had this in the 80s in my elementary school. Just about every boy could do it and many of the girls. I told my daughters about it and showed them videos and they thought it looked easy.
My youngest daughter is a Sectional level swimmer (just below nationals). We went to North Carolina for a meet and had a practice at a swim club that had one of those ropes hanging from the ceiling and dropping in the pool.
She is in great shape, a four stroke swimmer with upper body strength that has no problem racing up a rock wall, and she struggled on the rope. We don't know how good we had it.
My youngest daughter is a Sectional level swimmer (just below nationals). We went to North Carolina for a meet and had a practice at a swim club that had one of those ropes hanging from the ceiling and dropping in the pool.
She is in great shape, a four stroke swimmer with upper body strength that has no problem racing up a rock wall, and she struggled on the rope. We don't know how good we had it.
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:19 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Climb the rope in 5 seconds….
10 pull-ups
1/2 mile run in 4 minutes
20 pushups
30 sit ups
It isnt hard
10 pull-ups
1/2 mile run in 4 minutes
20 pushups
30 sit ups
It isnt hard
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:44 pm to The Maj
quote:Schools are required to provide nutritional meals for children along food & nutrition guidelines just like kids are required an allotted time for PE.
Changing the mindset starts at home but in typical lefty fashion it was rushed and not well thought out... Not to mention, most of the "bad" calories the kids were getting they were not getting from the school lunches....
There isn't a damn thing a hungry kid can at home when momma has bought cases of ramen noodle cups, cheap bags of sugar cereal, pasta, SpaghettiOs's with nary a trace of fresh fruit, vegetables or meat with the family SNAP card.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:46 pm to BBONDS25
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What was the result of her changes. Did the meals improve?
Apparently so. They supposedly even measured a reduction in BMI in some kids.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:47 pm to Oates Mustache
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If that's an attempt at a gotcha
It's a question to test a theory. Like I said.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:47 pm to CAD703X
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this wont go over well
Would you rather our society just keep creating more of these?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:50 pm to Paddyshack
More so Trump should set the example.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:56 pm to The Maj
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Most kids skipped lunch (resulting in a huge amount of waste) and then gorged themselves on ho-hos and twinkies when they got home...
We know this? There is data on this?
My thing with it is that I'm a conservative, which means that I don't think it's the government's job to solve child (or adult) obesity, or that they can or should police what kids eat at home.
I DO think the government is 100% responsible for what they give kids to eat at government schools, however, and I think an attempt to improve upon what they do legitimately have control over is a positive initiative, at least in concept.
Frankly, I don't think it's the government's job to provide food at all. But if they're going to do it, they should at least do it as responsibly as they can.
As regards this topic, my overall point is that there was tremendous hue and cry against the school lunch initiative from those on the right at the time. There will be tremendous hue and cry against this initiative of Trump's.
And there is nothing wrong—again, at least in concept and conceding that we're going to continue to have schools provide food for schoolkids—with either one.
But the partisan populists will cry anyway. Not because of what the policy is, but because of who proposed them. The right did it with Obama and the left will do it with Trump.
That's all.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:58 pm to The Eric
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this wont go over well
Why exactly? I can't see how bringing back physical fitness and education to the youth can be a bad thing, but I'm interested to hear you explain why I'm wrong.
quote:BINGO. Libs are extremely predictable. You’ll see the articles before the end of the week
Liberals: "You just want all our kids to look like Sydney Sweeney!!!! You'll be telling us to bleach our skin next"
ETA article headline will be “Trump’s New EO Eerily Reminiscent of Nazi Youth”
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 2:01 pm
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