WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American children, a fixture of public schools for decades that gauged young people’s health and athleticism with 1-mile runs, sit-ups and stretching exercises.

“This is a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” Trump said of the fitness test that began in 1966 but was phased out during the Obama administration.

In the test, children had to run and perform sit-ups, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test, but the program changed in 2012. It evolved into the Youth Fitness Program, which the government said “moved away from recognizing athletic performance to providing a barometer on student’s health.” Then-first lady Michelle Obama also promoted her “Let’s Move” initiative focused on reducing childhood obesity through diet and exercise.

The Youth Fitness Test, according to a Health and Human Services Department website last updated in 2023 but still online last week, “minimizes comparisons between children and instead supports students as they pursue personal fitness goals for lifelong health.”

An executive order Trump signed also reinvigorates a national sports council that the president stocked with former and current athletes and other figures from the sports world. The council, which will have up to 30 members, will develop criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award.