The Presidential Sports Award is a fitness program offered by the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Anyone age 6 and older can follow the guidelines to take part in qualifying activities--ranging from walking to bowling, even baton twirling!
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The
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS) was established by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.
There is an "epidemic of physical inactivity," concluded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in their news conference in July, where they announced the new guidelines.
The
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS) is composed of 20 private citizens appointed by the President.
The
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports says that physical education in the school has three objectives:
According to a 1985 study sponsored by the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 40 percent of school-age boys under 12 and 70 percent of all school-age girls could do no more than one pull-up.
Now the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, in the great tradition of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," has branched out beyond its basic incentive program by running MTV-style ads that attempt to ridicule teens into exercising.
Continuing an active lifestyle--she's an avid dancer, weight trainer, cross trainer and yoga enthusiast--Johnson was recently appointed to the post of executive director of the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports by President George W.
Twenty-eight-year old Lisa Oliphant is so accomplished that President Bush took note, making her the youngest executive director of the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in the council's history.
When I joined the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as Executive Director last fall, I made a commitment to "walk the talk"--to encourage Americans to get moving and to lead by example.
The
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports compares exercising the human body to fine tuning a car's engine.