Complex GTO as a normative basis of physical preparation of students of pedagogical higher school

The preservation and strengthening of health through physical activity is a global challenge. The criteria of achieving this goal in the sphere of physical education and culture is physical fitness awareness and its development with the population. As part of the revival of the All-Russian sports complex RLD the normative components are being developed, sports facilities are being constructed, a phased introduction of the RLD among different categories of citizens of the Russian Federation is being done. The low level of physical fitness of students is a concern, and to improve and develop the level means to take into the consideration the following number of factors - deviations in the state of health of the students, lack of motor skills, poor motivation for physical culture and sports, and the poor state of the material-technical base of educational institutions.