STRUTHERS — Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said a new statewide fitness challenge for kids in grade 4-8 will make them not only healthier, but better students.

“If we can add just a little better fitness and health, it will make us that much better,” Tressel said Monday at Struthers Middle School as he kicked off the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge program.

Unlike the old President’s Fitness Test — which included sit-ups, running and climbing a rope — Tressel’s program allows students to pick from a variety of activities and set their own goals during a 90-day period though the effort to achieve the goals are during 60 of those days.

Students progress through three levels — bronze, silver and gold — from the various activities with focuses on physical activity, nutrition and sleep.

Tressel said h

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