Development of the fitness industry in Russia: legal regulation and entrepreneurship

Abstract

The article contains a research of the legal framework for the legislative consolidation of the fitness industry by analyzing and evaluating various approaches to the concept of fitness, as well as other fundamental aspects of activities in this field. The importance of legal regulation of this sphere is determined by a set of factors, including: legal reflection of a large commercial industry, enlarging the population of systematic physical training, preventing the emergence of various diseases associated with insufficient physical activity, the need to prevent injuries in fitness, and many others. The article analyzes the positions of foreign and Russian researchers on the definition of «fitness» and its key features. The content of the current terminology of Federal Law No. 329-FZ of 04.12.2007 «Physical Culture and Sport in the Russian Federation** for understanding similar and distinctive features in terms of «physical culture» and «fitness» is explored. The article also analyzes the various provisions of domestic legislation that to some extent regulate the legal basis for the functioning of fitness in Russia, and identify areas for improving the current legislation. Among the key signs necessary to consolidate the concept of «fitness» is its commercial component, while preserving the fundamental characteristics inherent in the concept of «physical culture».