WATCH: Mike Tyson reveals why he is backing the 'Congressional Fitness Challenge'

FIRST ON FOX: Schools astir the country could soon beryllium capable to opt into the "Congressional Fitness Challenge," including legendary boxer Mike Tyson’s ain academy.

House Concurrent Resolution 20, introduced by Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., would make a voluntary programme that would let students who successfully implicit the situation to person a signed certificate from the talker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, and the student’s legislator and congressman.

"Listen, due to the fact that we request to beryllium successful shape, man," Tyson told Fox News Digital successful an interview.

"We can't physically get into an service due to the fact that we're retired of shape. And that's embarrassing. So it comes crossed we're the astir heavy, heaviest radical successful the planet. We're the fattest radical successful world, Americans," helium continued. Specifically, Tyson noted 77% of Americans aged 17 to 24 would request a wavier successful bid to service successful the military, according to the Department of Defense.

"It's conscionable mental. It's conscionable a shame, but it tin beryllium helped," Tyson said of the issue.

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(House Concurrent Resolution 20, introduced by Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., would make a voluntary programme that would let students who successfully implicit the situation to person a signed certificate from the talker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, and the student’s legislator and congressman.)

It would use to students successful K-12 nationalist and backstage schools, groups that supply the investigating to location schoolers, and members of Congress who clasp a "community-based event" for the challenge, the existent substance states.

According to the resolution, the benchmarks volition beryllium inspired by "historical" lines for the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, which was popularized nether the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations successful the 1960s.

"So we got to marque definite that they're physically fit. Now is the cleanable clip to beryllium instituting this erstwhile again, due to the fact that we recognize President Trump done his Cabinet picks and done what his run promises person been with the America First agenda, wherever helium wants to marque America steadfast again," Hamadeh said.

The trial itself would entail a mile-long tally oregon walk, pull-ups oregon a flexed limb hang, curl-ups, sit-ups, shuttle runs, and sit-and-reach. Those who execute good would beryllium divided into gold, silver, and bronze levels. The golden level would beryllium successful the apical 85th percentile, metallic would screen the apical 75th percentile, and bronze would beryllium successful the apical 50th percentile, the legislation states.

Tyson added that actions similar this springiness him anticipation for the future.

"I deliberation this is going to improve, and radical are going to get better, and radical privation to get healthier. I conscionable judge that," helium said.

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Schools astir the state could soon beryllium capable to opt into the "Congressional Fitness Challenge," including legendary boxer Mike Tyson’s ain academy. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tyson is astatine the helm of Tyson Transformational Technologies Academy, a private schoolhouse successful Arizona that is portion of the My Life My Power International Preparatory Academy, which has campuses successful Florida and West Virginia arsenic well. The academies program connected taking up the challenge.

"I judge successful this state and I judge we're going to get good and we're going to beryllium successful bully condition. And we're gonna beryllium capable to spell into the service and support our country," Tyson said.

Other athletes person travel retired successful enactment of the resolution, including erstwhile Green Bay Packers backmost Brett Favre and erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.

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Other athletes person travel retired successful enactment of the resolution, including erstwhile Green Bay Packers backmost Brett Favre and erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Love this! So important for our Youth," Brown posted to X. 

"As a erstwhile pro athlete, 1 of america knows first-hand the doors that carnal fittingness tin open— confidence, leadership, the thrust to succeed. As a Member of Congress and erstwhile US Army Captain and Intelligence Officer, the different sees the broader representation – healthier kids mean a healthier, much prosperous America," Favre and Hamadeh co-wrote successful an op-ed for OutKick successful March. 

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The solution is co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Tony Wied and Martin Stutzman.

"Right now, radical are truly focused connected what foods person been going into their bodies and however travel the obesity complaint has tripled," Hamadeh said. "And it's a existent occupation successful presumption of a nationalist information perspective. So the authorities has an invested involvement successful this. but besides the American radical bash it themselves arsenic well."