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Johnny-O's avatar

He's a good role model for making america healthy again.

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Emumundo's avatar

When I was in high school I qualified for the Presidents Physical Fitness patch. It wasn’t a gimme, I had to do the timed run 3 times to qualify. Wish I still had it, no way I could do that now.

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Fla Mom's avatar

I never qualified, because I never learned how to throw a ball, and the only time that skill was ever needed was for the annual Presidential Physical Fitness test. It was biased against girls, imho.

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Johnny-O's avatar

Yes, my mom talks about how she always wanted to participate in sports growing up but there weren't many opportunities for girls.

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Fla Mom's avatar

And his uncle was leading the physical fitness effort way back then, too, with the Presidential Physical Fitness Program. Here's a 5-minute video about the push for youth fitness back then. It's remarkable in part because no one is obese. That's my cohort, and no one was; it's not just a cherry-picked video.

https://youtu.be/8FfaPj8H2S8

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