How The Intensity of Exercise affects Heart Rate

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How The Intensity of Exercise affects Heart Rate?

Aim: To find how the heart rate is affected by exercise and the different intensities of exercise and why.

Plan:

Preliminary Test:

This test will help determine the type of exercise the candidates will have to endure, how long they will endure it for and how the heart rate of the candidates will be measured.

Firstly this test will help determine the nature of the exercise. Each candidate tested five different forms of exercise as shown below. The table below shows our results:

Type of Exercise

Rest - Person a (bpm)

Rest - Person b (bpm)

Exercise

a (bpm)

Exercise

b (bpm)

Recovery time of Pulse a (mins)

Recovery time of Pulse b (mins)

Sit ups

63

60

09

19

3.0 mins

3.8 mins

Star Jumps

64

61

02

16

2.8 mins

3.4 mins

Step Ups

65

59

95
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02

2.0 mins

2.5 mins

Squat Thrusts

64

61

16

28

3.5 mins

4.2 mins

Jumping

63

62

00

07

2.5 mins

3.0 mins

This table gives a good indication of which exercise to use. Firstly the exercise the will be endured by the candidates must be something that is completed at a constant rate so both candidates will complete the exercise at the same rate and will have a used a similar amount of energy and will have exercised as intensely ...

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