Did anyone here actually PASS the President's Physical Fitness test?

[underpants]

My wife tells me she did (arm hang NOT pull ups) but even the best athletes in the schools I went to failed the test. I never saw or heard of anyone actually passing it.

Anyone?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Both of my teenagers did, in 7th grade.

And, got awards for it.

[kohodog]

13. Have they gotten any letters from thye Pentagon yet?

Now that they want info on 16-18 year olds I bet they'll want to enlist the fit kids first.

[Shell Beau]

2. I can't say that I know what you are talking about!

:shrug:

[izzie]

5. I do not know either.

but I am sure I could not pass.

[Shell Beau]

6. Yeah me either! I'll go out on a limb and say I would have failed.

[underpants]

7. Pull ups pushup situps "shuttle run" 1/2 mile run

I think there was a rope climb, some other stuff.

Really high standards were set and you couldn't screw any ONE or you failed completely.

[terrya]

10. I particularly liked the fact that it was the President's test...

I could really imagine Richard Nixon doing this stuff, for instance. :sarcasm:

[indy_azcat]

8. it was a set of tests in PE class

http://www.presidentschallenge.org/educators/program_details/physical_fitness_test.aspx

shuttle runs were fun... pull ups sucked.

[indy_azcat]

3. both me and my wife did - the pull ups were

a total bitch though.

[terrya]

4. Fuck, no. I was a complete failure taking that crap.

Pull ups...rope climbing...and the ever popular softball throw. I HATED that stupid shit...because I failed. And when you throw a ball like a girl like I did...and have the other boys in PE watching and laughing...well, that really added to the "fun"

[Lauri16]

9. I did

I got the funky little patch thing and certificate somewhere. I think there were only about 5 people in my class that didn't.

[Strawman]

11. I think I had a doctor's note that day

Actually I dont' remember having to take anything like that.

[GalleryGod]

12. We hiked 25 miles for JFK !

Zany Jr. High Patriots:patriot: that we were ('62):patriot:

[LiberallyInclined]

14. i did.

and so did several friends.

[johnnie]

15. That's one thing JFK did that I wasn't too happy with

PE sucked.

[xmas74]

16. Yep-sure did.

And easily too.
Quite a few kids at my school passed. My hardest event was the arm hang where the girls just kept themselves pulled up in one spot for as long as they could.

[catmandu57]

17. I did

I set the school record for pullups.

[In_The_Wind]

18. we had something like that way back when I was in high school - I passed

[warrens]

19. I passed in 7th grade

We had a kid in my class who weighed about 50 lbs. I forget the exact number, but he did over 500 pullups. We were in awe. I think I barely made it to the minimum, which I think was 50.