As if middle school wasn't tough enough already, now students must be subjected to doing something called the "trunk lift".

The Texas Education Agency is introducing its statewide PE test today, something called "Fitnessgram".

The lege passed the mandatory testing this spring, in an effort to cut down on obesity rates in Texas. The test will measure body composition, muscular strength, and flexibility, among other things. To measure these things, students will have to do push-ups, a paced 20-meter run that increases in difficulty, and (EGAD!) curl-ups.

I STILL can't do a curl-up.

Results from the first Fitnessgram will go to the TEA, without the students' names. The aim is to use results to help develop curriculums that make students healthier.

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