The aim of the paper was to highlight the perception of high school students on the option for practicing fitness activities in the extracurricular area. The research was carried out during the school year 2019-2020 within the Economic College "Ion Ghica" Bacau, in students in grades IX and X, considering that at the age of 14-16 we can identify a real perception. We organized a survey based on a questionnaire that included 10 items using closed questions (with pre-arranged answers) or pre-coded. Through the opinion poll we aimed to obtain information on the role and importance of fitness-specific means in the vision of high school students in terms of practicing these activities in their free time. Based on the opinion poll undertaken, the most important activities effectively influencing the physical condition were identified in the vision of high school students, most of them expressing the option for fitness. In the view of the investigated high school subjects, the orientation towards practicing these fitness activities could be related to satisfying those needs from the intrinsic dimension that they consider important in the success of the pursuits, development of imagination / creativity, attention, team spirit and ambition.