PhD, Associate Professor S.A. Shengelaya²
PhD, Associate Professor S.A. Grigan¹
PhD, Associate Professor I.V. Groshevikhin²
E.Yu. Shutyeva³
T.V. Zaitseva^3
1The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-Western Institute of Management, St. Petersburg
²Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
³Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don

Objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of breathing exercises on the performance of office workers.
Methods and structure of the study. The Regional Management Center of St. Petersburg was chosen as the object of the experiment. 100 employees were selected who, by occupation, were engaged in sedentary work. They were asked to come half an hour before work and do a small number of breathing exercises. Classes were held for six months.
Results and conclusions. The observation showed that, according to the subjective assessments of the workers themselves, people did not experience an exacerbation of chronic diseases and their overall well-being improved. The data obtained indicate the need to introduce breathing exercises and their positive impact on the indicators of the functional state of office workers. The targeted use of breathing exercises in combination with physical activity led to an increase in the functional reserves of the workers' body and a decrease in the frequency of colds from 39% to 20%.
The theoretical and practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the obtained material complements the data on the mechanisms of the influence of breathing exercises on the health of workers.

Keywords: breathing exercises, breathing, exercises, health, physical activity, set of exercises.

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