Harrison Butker, who has been outspoken about his Catholicism, joined other athletes and President Donald Trump in bringing back the classic fitness test and celebration.
By Catholics for Catholics
One of sports biggest Catholic stars joined President Donald Trump Thursday in bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test and the Presidential Fitness Award.
Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker who is a devoted Catholic and has stated and publicly defended his faith, joined the President and other athletes as Trump signed an executive order. Introduced by former President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, the test was scrapped by the Obama administration as society and the culture drifted away from athleticism, according to The New York Post.
“We’re officially restoring the Presidential Fitness Test and the Presidential Fitness Award – and it’s going to be a very big thing,” Trump said in remarks from the White House.
Hear @buttkicker7 as President Trump signs the executive order to bring back Presidential Fitness Tests. Make America Strong Again! pic.twitter.com/W9hIEV0faD
— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) August 1, 2025
“It was a big deal,” the president said of the competition the test fostered in schools. “This was a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back.”
Originally, the Fitness test required students to do situps, pullups or pushups, a sit-and-reach test and a one-mile run.
The members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition include Butker, professional golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Annika Sorenstam, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor and former WWE wrestler Paul “Triple H” Levesque, who is the son-in-law of Education Secretary Linda McMahon. They all joined Trump at the signing ceremony.
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