Environment and physical performance of the athlete

Abstract

The state of health of the athlete, the level of work capacity, the quality of life and its duration depend significantly on the quality of filling the components of the environment. Constant stay in an ecologically clean, healthy and safe environment contributes to prolonging life and increasing sports performance. At the same time, environmental pollution has a negative effect on the athlete. From these positions, the determination of harmful factors plays an important role. It is known that the environment is the environment in which certain objects function, including air, water, and soil. This work presents data on physical, chemical and biological factors of negative air, water and soil pollution on the body of athletes. Exceeding the maximum permissible norms of these pollution components can become the causes of illness and shorten the life expectancy of an athlete. Therefore, in our opinion, this work will serve as a basis for ensuring the organization of the athlete's professional activities in a healthy environment.
 Among the components that require control of their quantity and quality are solid physical compounds, air temperature and humidity, the presence and natural level of radioactivity, magnetic field stress, and others. Hygienic standards have been established for all physical, chemical, and biological negative factors — maximum permissible concentrations. All indicators, doses, and levels require monitoring. Taking into account the fact that it is not advisable for athletes to stay in polluted areas, the location of sports facilities in these areas is also not desirable. Pollution of air, water, and soil also negatively affects buildings of various functional purposes, vehicles in which athletes are located. Therefore, a differentiated approach is needed when choosing a location, a site for the construction of sports facilities, training and competitions of athletes. To use it, it is necessary to know the negative effects of the complex as a whole on the changed properties of air, soil, water and each component separately. Some data related to the questions were reflected in this work.