FORMATION OF HEALTH-PRESERVING COMPETENCE OF A FUTURE SPECIALIST IN THE PROCESS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING

The article presents the key aspects of forming health-preserving competence in future specialists during the process of physical training. A review of literature on the formation of a healthy lifestyle is provided, emphasizing that the principles of a healthy lifestyle, skills for maintaining and restoring personal health, and the main directions for their development through physical training remain relevant in contemporary conditions.The aim of the study is to analyze the ways and methods of developing health-preserving competence in future professionals within the framework of physical training. The content of health-preserving competence is generalized as a complex psychological construct of the individual, which involves the preservation of physical, mental, and spiritual health through self-organization and self-control. The study highlights the key directions for the development of healthy lifestyle skills among modern youth: recognition of health as the highest value in a global context; stable emotional intelligence and a positive outlook on life; balanced nutrition; improvement of physical fitness and appearance; and rejection of harmful habits. Theoretical, theoretical-practical, and practical methods for developing the health-preserving competence of future specialists in the process of physical training are identified and analyzed. It is recommended to use a wide range of methods aimed at improving a healthy lifestyle and physical strength during physical training. Such methods enhance the ability of learners to develop a positive attitude towards their potential, to achieve and maintain optimal health, to foster active behavior, to encourage youth in the constructive resolution of health-related issues, and to support the search for an individual path to health maintenance and the development of a physiologically and aesthetically informed perception of their own bodies. It is concluded that the formation of health-preserving competence in future specialists is based on effective psychological and pedagogical technologies, consideration of age-related characteristics of each higher education applicant, and periodic assessment of individual health levels.