Comparative analysis of physical fitness of freshmen before and after the period of covid restrictions

Abstract

The physical fitness of students of higher educational institutions in all years was not good enough, due to many reasons, including the replacement of physical education classes to prepare for the successful completion of the Unified National Testing (UNT). In modern conditions, the physical fitness of young people was also influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic with a huge number of restrictions. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, covid restrictions prohibiting sports activities even outdoors lasted almost a year. After their removal, not everyone returned to their usual activities. Young people entering a medical school show a low level of physical fitness. The authors decided to analyze the indicators of the state of initial physical fitness of freshmen who entered the university in 2019, 2020 and 2021.