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President's Challenge
The original Presidential Physical Fitness Award began in 1966. Over the years the program has recognized the fitness activities of millions of youth. Now called the President's Challenge, it includes four separate programs, which are:
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Active Lifestyle Program - This award encourages both students and adults to include activity in their everyday lives.
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Health Fitness Test - This award encourages students to achieve a healthy level of fitness, and is offerred as an alternative to the traditional Physical Fitness Test. The Health Fitness Award is awarded to those who reach qualifying standards in each of five events: partial curl-ups, one-mile run/walk, v-sit (or sit and reach), right angle push-ups (or pull-ups, flexed-arm hang), and Body Mass Index.
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Physical Fitness Test - This Test promotes a basic level of fitness among students, through performances in five physical fitness tests: curl-ups or partial curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull-ups (right angle push-ups, flexed-arm hang), and V-sit (sit and reach). Three awards are offered:
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The Presidential Physical Fitness Award - which recognizes students who achieve an outstanding level of physical fitness (> 85th percentile).
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The National Physical Fitness Award - for students who demonstrating a basic level of physical fitness (> 50th percentile).
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The Participant Physical Fitness Award - to recognize the participation of other students (< 50th percentile on one or more events).
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- Presidential Champions Program - This award challenges students and adults to reach a high level of activity and fitness.
for more information, visit www.presidentschallenge.org
