Abstract. Physical training of military personnel has always been a subject of research by specialists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It has been considered by researchers in various aspects. The problem of optimizing the organization of physical training of future cadets of higher military educational institutions of Ukraine is considered in the most thorough manner. The basis of practical training in the performance of combat support tasks of engineer troops is the consistent development of tasks and standards during tactical exercises and training in accordance with the program of professional training and specialization. The military professional training of engineering cadets in a modern military higher education institution takes place in conditions of constant growth of information, high level of responsibility for learning outcomes, and significant nervous, emotional and intellectual stress. To determine the readiness of cadets to perform assigned tasks, there are special standards of practical actions, the implementation of which provides information on the quality of special training of future specialists.
Better mastery of special military and professional skills and performance of combat missions at the required level is ensured by a high level of physical fitness. A person's ability to fine coordinate hand movements, a developed sense of time, space and power tension are also important.
Specialists of the engineering troops belong to one of the most important branches of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The military professional activity of the personnel of engineering units and servicemen is connected with the control of special machines and mechanisms, their maintenance, which in turn requires the predominant development of strength, power endurance, improvement of skills in lifting and carrying various heavy objects, actions on water and underwater.
It is the engineer troops who will be the first to master the latest means of warfare and introduce them into the arsenal of modern troops. In today's conditions, considerable work has already been done on the physical fitness of various military specialties. At the same time, organizational and methodological aspects of improving the process of physical training of specialists of engineering troops require significant study.
