“This is a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” Trump said of the fitness test that began in 1956. An executive order Trump signed Thursday says America’s declining health and physical fitness threatens the vitality and longevity of the country.

Trump will sign 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, White House Officials confirmed to ABC News.

Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.