Aim: The aim is to scientifically substantiate the feasibility of using the health improving forces of nature to slow down the natural aging of people of different ages. Materials and Methods: The research involved 5 groups of respondents: the 1st group – students who were involved in sports (28 boys, 34 girls), the 2nd group – students who were not engaged in sports (29 boys, 22 girls), the 3rd group – female adults (45-65-year-old; n = 16), who were not engaged in health improvement training, the 4th group – female adults (45-65-year-old; n = 13), who used biologically active additives, the 5th group – 45-65-year-old women (n = 27) and men (n = 18) who were engaged in health improvement training according to the system by P. K. Ivanov. Results: It was found that the physiological age of the 1st group was higher than the stated age; of the 2nd group corresponded to the stated age; of the 3rd group was exceeded the stated age by 6.9 years; of the 4th group was exceeded by 5.8 years; of the 5th group was lower than the stated age by 4.8 years for men and by 10.1 years for women. Conclusions: It is proved that tempering according to the system by P. K. Ivanov, which does not require any material costs, has a pronounced health effect on the body of people of different ages (especially mature and elderly).

The aim: To check the e!ectiveness of the methodology for the formation of students’ health culture in the process of their physical education and health recreation activities Materials and methods: The following methods were used to achieve the aim: analysis, synthesis and generalization of literary sources, pedagogical observation, questionnaires, testing, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. 368 students took part in the ascertaining experiment, 93 students were involved in the formative experiment (52 – experimental group, 41 – control group). Results: The existing level of health culture formedness in students was revealed to be insu"cient, which stipulated the development and substantiation of the methodology for the formation of students’ health culture in the process of their physical education and health recreation activities. Conclusions: The implementation of the methodology for students’ health culture formation into the educational process contributed to an increase in the number of students with a high level of health culture and the level of motivation for a healthy lifestyle. The level of physical #tness of the experimental group students signi#cantly improved during the experiment. All this con#rms the e!ectiveness of the developed methodology.

Aim: The aim is to substantiate the program of recreational and health-promoting training sessions with instructor officers of higher educational institutions with specific learning environment of different ages during their professional activities. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted in 2019-2022. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literary sources, pedagogical observation, programming, modeling. 140 instructor officers (men) of different age groups were involved in the research. Results: On the basis of the analysis of literary sources, the study of the practical experience of instructional activities, we substantiated the authors’ program of recreational and health-promoting training sessions with the instructor officers, the essence of which is to increase the amount of motor activity of the instructional staff through the use of simple and available means of general physical training, taking into account instructors’ age, their state of health, the focus of the training sessions and the time of the training sessions during the day. Conclusions: As a result of the implementation of the authors’ program in the educational process, changes were made to the organization of physical training of the instructional staff, which provide for conducting training sessions according to a “flexible” schedule depending on the academic load of instructors; the ratio of the volumes of general and special physical training has been changed, which provides for an increase in the specific weight of general physical training; recreational and health-promoting training sessions have been introduced, depending on the time of the training session during the working day.

The aim: To research the morphofunctional status of instructors of higher educational institutions of di"erent age groups in the process of their pedagogical activities. Materials and methods: The research was conducted in the period from 2019 to 2021. The research involved 126 instructor offcers (men) of different age groups: under 30 years of age – 21 people, 31-35 years of age – 27 people, 36-40 years of age – 32 people, 41-45 years of age – 27 people, over 45 years of age – 19 people. Morphofunctional status of the instructor o#cers was assessed by the indicators of their height, body weight, lung vital capacity, wrist dynamometry, heart rate, blood pressure and relevant indices. Results: It was found that during the study (2019-2020) the Kettle index, vital index, strength index, Robinson index and duration of recovery processes deteriorated among instructor offcers of all age groups. However, in instructor offcers of 36-40, 41-45 and over 45 years of age most of indices deteriorated reliably (P < 0.05). The values of the studied indices are below average or low in most instructors of all age groups, most instructors are overweight. Conclusions: It was found that the level of morphofunctional status of the instructional sta" is insu#cient to perform the tasks of their pedagogical activities. Rationally organized health-improving physical training sessions, taking into account the age group, morphofunctional status of instructors and the time of training sessions during the working day can be an e"ective way to solve this problem.