Attitude of higher education acquisitions to health fitness activities

Abstract

The results of a survey of higher education students regarding indicators of attitude to health fitness classes are given. The purpose of the study was to determine attitude of higher education students towards health fitness classes. Research methodology. 145 students of the 1st-3rd year of higher education at the Faculty of Physical Culture of Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University participated in the study (35 – 1st-year students, 42 – 2nd-year students, and 68 – 3rd-year students). The students were asked questions that made it possible to determine a number of interesting and ambiguous facts. The research was conducted on the basis of the questionnaire compiled by the group of scientific and pedagogical workers of faculty of physical culture Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University,, which provide teaching of educational components “health fitness”, “modern fitness technologies”, “aerobics with teaching method”, “physical culture”. The questionnaire was prepared on questions that allowed to determine the attitude of higher education students to the fitness classes. The results. As a result, it was found that higher education students have a positive attitude to health fitness classes, the main motives are increasing the level of physical fitness, improving health, and correcting the figure. Students have a low level of theoretical training, but most of them understand this and would like to improve their knowledge. Laziness, passivity and lack of company are the main reasons that prevent students from engaging in health fitness outside of university hours. Conclusions. The most popular types of fitness programs among higher education students are: step aerobics, crossfit, classical aerobics, and stretching; the main disadvantages of classes are a small number of classes per week, an insufficient amount of hours to study a particular fitness program, non-availability for self-practice. The main motives that encourage students to take recreational fitness classes are increasing the level of physical fitness, improving health, getting positive emotions, and body shaping. A low level of theoretical knowledge regarding recreational fitness topics was noted among students, which is confirmed by the subjective assessment of the respondents themselves. At the same time, the vast majority of students are willing to improve their theoretical knowledge by studying specialized literature and attending additional lectures.