Abstract:

Everyone can go in for walking and running. This does not require expensive equipment and outfit. Walking lessons have origins in the national culture of many peoples, have a rich history, theoretical justification and continuously developing methodological support. The use of step counter is advisable to consider as part of the methodological support of regular walking as a variety of physical exercises, which increases the adaptive potential of a human in the conditions of adverse environmental factors. The article discusses the environmental problems of physical activity according to step counter data for various categories of the population (including students) in the North. An analysis of the locomotor activity of the subjects is presented, depending on gender, season, air temperature, and on days of the week. Reliable statistical differences in the number of daily locomotions between men and women who permanently reside in the North under urban conditions were revealed.

Keywords: step counter, locomotion, physical activity.