PhD, Associate Professor L.G. Pashchenko
Nizhnevartovsk State University, Nizhnevartovsk

Objective of the study was to assess the physical condition of the elderly people living in the Yugra North conditions and their leading motives for using the means of physical education.
Methods and structure of the study. The study involved 25 men and 40 women over the age of 60. The following methods were applied during the study: assessment of physical condition using the hardware and software complex "Omega"; SF-36 Questionnaire Survey to rate the subjects’ life quality. The study was carried out on the basis of the health and fitness center of Nizhnevartovsk State University and Nizhnevartovsk family center for sports and wellness "Atmosfera".
Results and conclusions. The informative value of the data obtained on the subjects’ physical condition (adaptation to physical loads, level of training, body fitness shape indices), as well as their correlation with the physical component of health of elderly people and the manifestations of motivation for physical education classes, make it possible to use them as the indicators of the program of pedagogical support of physical activity of elderly people. The program is designed to assist elderly people in choosing the type and form of physical activities and includes a monitoring study of their physical condition and further adjustment of physical activities of men and women. The content-related program component is differentiated according to the physical condition rates in elderly people.

Keywords: physical condition, hardware and software complex "Omega", life quality, elderly age, motivation for physical education classes, physical activity.

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