В статті розглянуто питання стосовно можливостей використання сучасних систем фітнесу – аеробіки та її
різновидів, BOSU, каланетика, скандинавська ходьба, кросфіт, фітбол, пілатес, стрейтчинг, TRX-вправи та ін. в
практиці фізичного виховання у медичних вищих навчальних закладах.
The article considers the possibility of using modern fitness systems - aerobics and its variants, BOSU,
kalanеtics, Scandinavian walking, crossbones, suitable balls, pilates, stretching, TRX exercises, and others. In the practice of
physical education in medical higher educational institutions. It is shown that the means for fitness are an effective tool for the
development of motor abilities and the formation of a system of professional and applied physical education of young students for
further work in the field of medicine. Fitness classes take place on a positive emotional background and contribute to the formation of
an appropriate psychological climate in academic groups. In the course of experimental research it is established that in the structure
of professional-applied physical training of students 1-2 courses of medical and pharmaceutical faculties of Zaporizhzhya State Medical University, about 20% of students are actively engaged in varieties of fitness: dance aerobics, stretching, crossfit, fatball,
pilates, kalanetics, TRX - by rights. In the course of training sessions on the discipline «Physical education and health» the means of
fitness and its variants are used in the amount of 37.5%. In addition, in practical classes on physical education with students of
special medical groups, Scandinavian walking is used, taking into account the nosological groups of the underlying disease, the
absence of contraindications to occupations and the corresponding dosage of physical activity.
