In this study I want to more closely explain not only the importance of fitness and its programs, but also the positive influence it has on maintaining and development of motor abilities in recreational athletes. Fitness is associated with good physical preparedness and health, both physical and mental. Additionally it is defined as the ability to complete the variety of everyday activities without the feeling of excessive exhaustion. With the help of a fitness programs, recreational athletes can develop and maintain their motor abilities and functional capabilities, additionally, it also has benefit sin reducing the subcutaneous fat tissue, improving body composition. Recreational athlete is a person who in his or her s free time, partakes in recreational activity, in order to satisfy both internal and external needs. Motor abilities are the foundation for all human movement , they define the ability of a movement in human. It is possible to influence motor abilities, some are more susceptible to change than others, and some are genetically influenced. Motor abilities, or thei development, can be monitored with formal model which consist of three phases, initial, transitive and final. With a guided and continuous exercise, final state will be better than the initial. Fitness programs, like aerobic and its modifications, pilates and bodybuilding can be used to develop muscular strngth, while pilates will influence the muscular strenght and endurance in addition to flexibility and coordination.