PhD, Associate Professor V.E. Tsibulnikova
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow

High physical activity is commonly viewed as the key prerequisite for good health albeit the modern teaching practices are mostly physically inactive, intellectually intensive and associated with heavy time pressures. The study analyzes the young teachers’ physical activity versus somatic health rating data. Objective of the study was to profile the somatic health data versus the actual physical activity to offer the physical inactivity compensation recreational physical education model for the teachers. Physical health of the young teachers was tested ‘under median’ (4.7 points) on average by the G.L. Apanasenko express test system. Despite the fact that 48.1% of the sample was found aware of great benefits of physical activity, 23.2% reported physical inactivity; with 25.0% and 38.5% of the 21-25 year-olds reporting predispositions to passive and mixed forms of recreation, respectively. The survey also found 26.9% and 42.3% of the sample knowing that their physical inactivity exposes them to bodily dysfunctions and health issues, respectively.

Keywords: physical activity, teacher’s physical inactivity, somatic health rates.

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