The president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, addressing to constituent congress of Association of student sports clubs, noted importance of student sports.

- High achievements in sport, successes of our athletes at prestigious international competitions - all this is important and necessary. But the main thing - to make sports an active way of life as a norm of the Russian society as we say nowadays an actual trend, said Vladimir Putin.

The president especially emphasized that playing sports in high schools is not only prestigious business, but also stimulus for personal growth.

In SPSUACE all conditions are created for students to go in for sports. Scientists of the University conduct the researches connected with sports and physical training among our students.

 In the second issue of the magazine « Theory and practice of physical training », entering into the Russian reviewed indexed scientific magazines, in 2018 there was published an article of a senior lecturer of Department of Physical Training of SPSUACE Vladimir N. Kovalenko «Formation of elements of a healthy lifestyle of students in the course of physical training». The article is based on researches and interrogations of students of SPSUACE. We met the author of this scientific publication and asked him some questions.

- In the article you contemplate a problem of formation of healthy life of students. Why did you chose this subject?

- Health of young students is the most actual problem at the present stage since success of preparation of highly professional staff providing growth of economic development of the country is directly connected with a youth state of health, level of working capacity of young men. Also it is necessary to recognize that health of students causes a special alarm. Students are influenced by a considerable quantity of the negative factors connected with a varying rhythm of life in cities. Therefore this problem is a priority.

 - So how good is health of students at the present stage?

- By results of medical examinations, according to various scientific and our own researches it is established that the considerable quantity of students have various diseases. The first place among diagnoses of students is over-fatigue. The considerable quantity of young men suffers from a vegeto-vascular dystonia, gastroenteric diseases, osteochondrosis.

- In the article you say about influence of negative habits on the state of health of students. What do you mean?

- The number of the students who are taking alcoholic drinks, tobacco and drugs increases. And percent of the girls having bad habits, now is higher than percent of young men. Also among students «the western style of food» is too popular. Deterioration of health of students is in many respects was caused by influence of socially-hygienic factors. After entering high school young people changed the settled vital stereotypes essentially, there is a change of diet quality, residing place. In the city to get to the University takes a lot of time.

An essential factor negatively influencing health is necessity to combine training with work.

Impellent activity of students due to specificity of educational process is low. More than 45 % of young men and 70 % of girls do not show due activity and do not go in for sports regularly. One lesson of physical training a week within the limits of the curriculum does not compensate this deficiency of impellent activity.

 - But after all students have a free time which they can devote to physical training, don’t they?

- Certainly. However, studying preferences of students in ways of spending free time it was established that about 40 % of young men prefer visiting discos and cinemas. Approximately 20 % of the students are for visiting restaurants and cafes and meeting there with friends, and only hardly more than 4 % noticed that they regularly go in for sports.

- What did you rely on, developing a model of a healthy way of life for students?

- Developing such a model, we relied on four components: axiological, informative, physical and creative. The axiological component is in formation requirements by students, motives and desires of preservation and strengthening the health. The informative component is necessary for acquisition of knowledge and abilities, allowing students to keep and strengthen their health. Physical component allows students to use purposefully special chosen means of physical training for achievement of an optimum level of physical fitness. The creative component opens ability to realize the received theoretical knowledge and practical abilities on preservation and health strengthening.

- What is a feature of the model you offered?

- In our opinion, five stages are necessary for formation of a healthy life.

At the first stage students have representations about system of preservation of health. The second stage is formation of requirement and interest to sport activity, and also individual internal health saving culture. At the third stage of work a steady motivation to a long, healthy and creative life should be formed. The fourth stage is necessary for formation of requirements for self-knowledge and self-education of significant personal qualities by physical training means. During the fifth stage it is necessary for students to be defined with the individual way of life. All this promotes formation of belief and internal requirement for a healthy way of life.