What should we know about the complex "Ready for Labour and Defence"?
AbstractHealth promotion and physical education especially in youth were the major priorities of the Soviet government. May 11, 1931 the unique Civil Defense Training system “Ready for labor and defense” (“Gotov k trudu i oborone” – GTO, in Russian) was created and immediately became an important tool in the promotion of healthy life style among Soviet people. In 1991 the GTO system was discontinued. March 24, 2014 President Putin decreed to re-establish the GTO system, which should consist of 11 levels and embrace all citizens aged 6 and above. The goal of the new GTO system remains the same: help people to develop their own active and healthy lifestyle strategies, promote physical education and recreational sports. The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University in cooperation with the National Health League and the National Alliance of Sport and Medicine “Healthy generation” has developed an educational course the Healthy Lifestyle Instructor. Online modules and practical sessions cover different aspects of healthy lifestyle, physical activity, selfcoaching etc. The unique feature of this project is that all information in the modules is preselected and critically appraised by medical professionals, and then presented in a popular form.
Keywords:GTO, healthy lifestyle, health, physical education, sport, fitness