EXERCISING HEART RATE & BLOOD PRESSURE
Aim: to find the impact of exercise on heat rate and arterial blood pressure.
Equipment:
Sphygmomanometer
Access to stairs
Book case
Macbook
Method:
Part A
1. While seated down, have your peer take your blood pressure using a digital
sphygmomanometer.
2. Record the reading of both heart rate and blood
pressure.
3. On a foam mat perform as many push-ups as you
can until you’re exhausted.
4. Quickly, take your seat and have your blood
pressure taken.
5. Record as before both heart rate and blood pressure.
Part B
As in part A, however, get the participant run up and down a flight of
stairs until reaching exhaustion.
Part C
As in part A, however, get the participant raises a load over his head with both hands
until reaching exhaustion. A load could be a storage box with few books in it or a
heavy school bag.
ATTENTION: if
you have a heart condition, hypertension or are diabetic
you are NOT allowed to do exercises that involve lifting weights above your
head or lying down on decline angle while exercising.
QUESTIONS
1. Explain why heart rate increases during exercise.
2. Which of the above three exercises would produce the greatest heart rate?
Explain.
3. Explain why blood pressure changes when a person exercise.
4. Extension: exercising heart rate in athletes is higher than that of unfit
individuals. True or False?