One of the hallmarks of the test was the Presidential Fitness Award for top-performing students, a tradition that will return based on criteria the sports, fitness and nutrition council establishes, according to the White House.

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.

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.