Health issues, healthy lifestyles and sports activities directly related to them were especially relevant due to the pandemic, quarantine restrictions on movement and the fight against its spread. This applies fully to people of mental labor of a nature with limited mobility, which also includes students-economists. The importance of considering these issues was proved by the analysis of the physical condition and physical fitness of students of the Faculty of Economics conducted according to proven methods in conditions of covert restrictions on movement. The results of the study showed a low level of functional and physical condition of students in a significant number of students of the 1st year of the Faculty of Economics of full-time studies, namely: increased pulse at rest in almost half of the subjects, poor pulse recovery after load in more than a third of students, low level of development of high-speed and high-speed endurance in more than half of students. According to the results of the study, students were recommended to regularly conduct cardio training in the form of calisthenics - an exercise system with its own weight on strength and flexibility, but with mandatory self-control and medical control during classes.