Problems in providing health safety to citizens using fitness services in the Russian Federation

Statement of the problem. Today there are risks to the health of citizens in fitness centers providing health and fitness services. This is evidenced by the extensive judicial practice when citizens ask for compensation of their health damage in case of injuries in fitness centers. Statistics from foreign countries show a high risk of injury in fitness centers. The purpose of this article is to identify the main problems associated with ensuring safety in relation to the health of citizens when providing fitness services, and to search for solutions to the identified problems. The research methodology consists in the analysis of legal acts in the field of physical culture and sports in terms of regulating the work of fitness centers and generalizing the relevant foreign experience. Research results. It was found out that risks to the health of citizens applying for fitness services arise due to the lack of an appropriate level of professionalism among the fitness club staff in organizing and setting physical activity, as well as the lack of proper medical and pedagogical support. Foreign experience in the fitness industry shows that the problem of ensuring safety of fitness services can be resolved through requirements to professional qualifications of personnel. However, proper medical and pedagogical control is currently not included in the mandatory requirements to the legal support of the fitness industry, either in our country or abroad. Conclusions. The article presents solutions to existing problems in the form of introducing an appropriate educational professional standard for fitness instructors, as well as introducing a mandatory nature of compliance with the standards of professional activity of fitness centers.