Introduction. The article presents the results of a study of the potential of basic disciplines of educational programs of groups of specialties in the direction of “Education and Pedagogical Sciencesˮ for the formation of future teachers’ readiness for a healthy lifestyle in the process of studying at a university. The analysis of the organizational and pedagogical conditions for increasing the effectiveness of the implementation of the didactic potential of basic academic disciplines, one of which is to increase the competence of teachers of these disciplines in the field of health preservation, was carried out. Purpose: to specify the potential of basic disciplines in the formation of future teachers’ readiness for a healthy lifestyle. Materials and methods. The study is based on a theoretical analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature on the research problem, a survey of students-future teachers who would like to improve their physical fitness and health, and the results of control testing of university teachers who have completed the additional professional program “Coaching and service management in fitness”. Research results, discussion. The study results confirmed the importance of the basic disciplines “Physical training and sports”, “Age anatomy, physiology and school hygiene”, “Life safety”, “Pedagogy”, “Psychology” and pedagogical practice at school in the formation of future teachers’ readiness for a healthy lifestyle. As our experience shows, the educational potential of these disciplines can be significantly increased if teachers receive systematic knowledge in the field of healthy lifestyle theory and health-preserving technologies. This task was solved within the framework of our research in the process of implementing an additional educational program for advanced training “Coaching and service management in fitness”. Conclusion. Taking into account theoretical research in the field of health preservation and the results of empirical research obtained during the pedagogical experiment, it can be argued that one of the conditions for the formation of future teachers’ readiness for a healthy lifestyle is the systematic use of the didactic capabilities of basic educational disciplines in the process of preparing a future teacher for a healthy lifestyle.