Charlie Kirk on Trump's Executive Order Bringing Back Presidential Fitness Tests to Schools

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[00:30] We are a fat country and it's time for

[00:32] us to lose some weight. I've had my

[00:35] fluctuations with weight over the last

[00:37] couple of years and we all need to be

[00:39] honest about that. That when you get a

[00:41] little bit too pudgy, you get a little

[00:42] bit too fat, you need to be honest. You

[00:44] need to stop eating those carbohydrates

[00:48] and yes, you got to get in shape.

[00:50] Breaking news today. President Trump is

[00:52] signing an executive order to bring back

[00:54] the physical fitness test back to

[00:56] schools. He'll be joined by Kansas City

[00:57] kicker Harrison Butker, former New York

[00:59] Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, and

[01:01] Bryson Desambo among others. So, Dwight

[01:05] D. Eisenhower, which by the way, he was

[01:07] one of the greatest presidents in

[01:08] American history and probably the best

[01:10] president of the 20th century. There's

[01:11] your thought crime of today and one that

[01:13] I think we're going to be proving over

[01:14] the next couple of years. So, stay tuned

[01:15] because I like Ike and you should too.

[01:17] We learn a lot from him. He established

[01:20] the 1956 presidential fitness test to

[01:23] assess cardiovascular fitness, upper

[01:25] body and core strength, endurance,

[01:27] flexibility, and agility. According to

[01:29] Harvard Health, the test included a onem

[01:31] run, pull-ups or push-ups, sit-ups,

[01:33] shuttle run, sit and reach. Children in

[01:35] the top 15% received the Presidential

[01:36] Fitness Award established by LBJ. Obama

[01:40] replaced the test in 2013 with the

[01:42] presidential youth fitness program,

[01:43] putting more emphasis on students health

[01:45] than their performance. We need to bring

[01:47] back the presidential fitness test and

[01:48] we need to have a fitter country. Some

[01:50] people say, "Well, what about the

[01:52] overweight kids?" Honestly, maybe a

[01:54] wakeup call that they should stop eating

[01:55] Cheetos and Doritos all day long and

[01:57] they should go for a walk instead of

[01:58] playing video games or staring at their

[02:00] screens. Maybe it's a wakeup call for

[02:02] these kids instead of taking Ozeic.

[02:04] Maybe go for a threemile walk instead of

[02:07] staring at screens all day long. Now, of

[02:09] course, parents need to reinforce this,

[02:11] but we need to culturally promote the

[02:12] idea that fitness is good. and President

[02:15] Trump bringing this back. By the way,

[02:17] President Trump is in great shape for

[02:18] nearly 80 years old. I mean, he's in

[02:21] phen considering 80 years old, he's he

[02:23] does pretty well.

[02:26] But going more broadly to the entire

[02:27] society, regardless of who the president

[02:30] actually does this, being fit and thin

[02:33] is better than being fat and out of

[02:34] shape. You are happier. You have less

[02:36] depression. You have le less anxiety.

[02:38] And you look at how the nation we used

[02:40] to be. We used to be a sculpted nation

[02:42] and now we are a fat and sloavvenly

[02:44] nation. You'll live longer. The big

[02:47] picture is this. The test, this is from

[02:49] Axios, featuring challenges like the

[02:51] onem run, pull-ups, and then the sit-up

[02:53] reach was once a right of passage for

[02:54] America's youth. It was also a source of

[02:57] anxiety and and shame for more than a

[03:01] few kids who ended up feeling like they

[03:03] weren't strong enough for the presidents

[03:04] or Arnold Schwarzenegger's purposes.

[03:08] Anxiety. Welcome to life. If you're a

[03:11] little fat and you can't do pu push-ups,

[03:13] then get yourself into shape. Shame.

[03:16] Okay, maybe your BMI is too high. Maybe

[03:18] that's the wakeup call that you need.

[03:20] Maybe you should be able to run a mile.

[03:23] Oh, well, you know, I was born

[03:24] overweight. Yeah, but you weren't born

[03:26] obese. Everyone has a certain genetic

[03:28] code, but being obese is a choice. Shame

[03:31] is good if it points you towards being

[03:32] better. Now, shame is not good if people

[03:34] are like using shame or peer pressure to

[03:36] get you to underage drink or to watch

[03:38] porn. That's bad shame. But good shame

[03:40] is peer pressure towards the good. And

[03:42] this is good peer pressure. If all of a

[03:44] sudden everyone around you is super cut

[03:45] and doing push-ups and pull-ups, body

[03:48] fat percentage is even better metric, by

[03:50] the way, than BMI. And that's why you

[03:52] should feel shame if you cheat on your

[03:53] spouse or steal. The same thing that

[03:55] happened at the Coldplay concert. Maybe

[03:58] instead of enabling kids to be fat and

[03:59] unhealthy, we should encourage ourselves

[04:01] to overcome life's many obstacles. Yes,

[04:03] life is tough. Sometimes you're going to

[04:05] have to publicly speak. Should we get

[04:07] rid of public speaking? Well, they have

[04:08] in many of our schools. Oh, I have

[04:09] anxiety about taking tests. Should we

[04:11] get rid of tests? Well, they have in

[04:12] many schools. The anxiety of a child

[04:14] means nothing. If you are not feeling

[04:16] anxious when you're at school, then

[04:17] you're not ready for life. You should

[04:19] feel anxiety on a nearly daily or weekly

[04:22] basis when you're at school. Good

[04:24] anxiety, not bad anxiety, not the

[04:25] anxiety you think you'll be treated

[04:27] unfairly, but the anxiety of I don't

[04:28] know if I'll be able to pass this test.

[04:30] I remember back in Boy Scout, I used to

[04:32] go to Boy Scout camp every summer and

[04:33] there was this very serious swimming

[04:35] test and I tr I failed it the first

[04:37] year. I was young. I was trying. It was

[04:38] a sixth grade test. I was a fourth

[04:40] grader and the next year all year I

[04:42] trained all year I trained in the pool

[04:44] to pass that test. And it was just like

[04:46] dominated my mind. It was I got to pass

[04:48] that test. I got to pass I got to pass

[04:50] the boy scout swimming test. And my

[04:53] parents were like they would drive me to

[04:54] the pool. They would drive me and all

[04:56] year I was obsessed about passing this

[04:59] boy scout swimming test. It was hard. It

[05:01] was in the middle of a lake. It was it

[05:02] was Camp Napawan up near uh Wisconsin,

[05:06] Wild Rose, Wisconsin. And finally the

[05:09] next summer came. I was I didn't sleep

[05:10] the entire night and I passed that test

[05:12] and it was one of the most fulfilling

[05:15] things of my life. I failed it one

[05:18] summer and I did it the next summer.

[05:20] And by the way, you know, almost every

[05:22] man out there, you should be able to do

[05:24] 30, 40, 50 push-ups. Prior to a couple

[05:27] years ago, I couldn't do any pull-ups. I

[05:28] could do about seven or eight legit

[05:30] pull-ups. Now, my goal is to get to 10

[05:31] or 15. Just be in shape. Push yourself.

[05:34] Being slovenly and overweight is a

[05:37] choice. Now, you might be a little more

[05:38] pudgy. You might put on a couple pounds.

[05:40] I'm not saying that. If you're 10, 15

[05:42] pounds overweight, I get that. But if

[05:43] you are so overweight that you need a

[05:46] wheelchair by age 30, I'm sorry. We

[05:48] shouldn't put up with that. We want a

[05:50] fit. We want a lean. We want a strong, a

[05:54] healthy, a determined country. Not one

[05:57] that is sloppy, sloavvenly, overweight,

[05:59] and unhappy. I'm so glad President Trump

[06:01] has bring back the fitness