PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF STUDENTS IN CITY WITH BAD ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Russia In the article, physical development and physical fitness of students in the large industrial city of Cherepovets, the North-West region, with bad ecological characteristics have been studied. There have been obtained data on dynamics of weight and height characteristics of young men and girls aged 18-21 y. o., there have been worked out standards of the students’ physical development. It has been found that their height and body mass were changing with age generally in alignment. Deviations in physical development did not exceed 7.0 %. The level of physical fitness of the girls at the age of 18-20 y. o. was lower than the average level, and the young men’s physical fitness was at the average level. After the attainment of the age of 21 y. o., the young men and girls showed the observable lower level of physical fitness. The best results in physical development of both genders were detected mainly in the spring time. According to the Rufe test, the young men at the age of 18 y. о. showed the average and high working ability, and the young men aged 21, showed the average working ability. The girls’ working ability was estimated as good one.