Optimizing the Quality of Life through Professional Physical Education

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the relationship between occupational stress and physical exercise in the case of 86 individuals working for a retail company. The study aims at highlighting the role of professional physical education in improving the individuals’ availability to become involved in solving work-related tasks, in improving the quality of professional performance and communication at the workplace and, all in all, in enhancing quality of life. The physical education program used in this study can be described as follows: it involved indoor exercise of moderate intensity, during at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week. Given the positive results practicing physical exercise can have on various components of human psychology, we think that the concept of professional physical education should be redefined, by extending its applicability from professions involving various forms of physical activity to all domains of activity that require the achievement of professional performance.