Study regarding the investigation of student’s physical condition level from the faculties with economic profile

Abstract

All the studies on movement have come to the conclusion that physical exercises play a role in improving the quality of life of people, in general, and of health and physical condition, in particular. Fitness for health comprises various components such as: morphological indices, functional indices, basic motor qualities and some elements related to emotional wellbeing. The general physical condition is a component of quality of life or an attribute of it. This paper is part of a larger experiment that aimed to detect the quality of life of young people. In this part of the research, we started from the hypothesis that by applying a battery of tests, we will identify the level of the physical condition (fitness) of the students and obtain information on the methods of action in order to improve it. This research was carried out in order to identify and determine the fitness level of the students from the faculties with economic profile of the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava. The measurements were made on 172 young students. They are aged between 18-23 years and are students at the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration. From the analysis of the results of the tests that are part of the Eurofit battery, it was found that the physical condition of the young people is very low. The results of the young people proved to be unsatisfactory, most of them receiving scores below average, poor and very poor.