Title:
Heart Rate and Step Lab
Objective:
To be able to see if there is a difference in Resting Heart Rate and recovery time in
athletes and a general population group.
Hypothesis:
If a person is cardiovascularly fit then there resting heart rate will be lower and
recovery time should be faster.
Materials
8 Cinder Blocks
1 Timer/Stopwatch
Data Sheet (Pulse Rate After Exercise)
8 subjects
4 athletes
4 general population
pencil or pen/writing utensil
8 recorders (1 for each subject)
Methods
1. Learn and become educated on Cardiovascular fitness.
2. Choose 4 general population subjects (preferably 2 Male/2Female). Choose
4 athlete subjects (preferably 2 Male/2 Female)
3. Assign the athletes a number from 1-4 and the general population a number
from 5-8. Record their gender in our Pulse Rate After Exercise Sheet.
4. Instruct subjects how to find their radial pulse for a 10 second count.
5. Have each subject find their resting radial pulse rate for 10 seconds and
record it in the Basal Pulse Rate column of the Pulse Rate After Exercise
Sheet.
6. Have the timer ready. As the timer starts timing, instruct steppers to
immediately step up and down off of the cinder block.
7. Find a participant who is stepping at a consistent rate and have all
participants model their pace.
8. Continue this step up/step down process for 5 consecutive minutes.
9. At the conclusion of 5 minutes have steppers immediately measure their
radial pulse for 10 seconds. Continue this process for 8-10 minutes and
record data in Pulse Rate After Exercise Sheet.
10. Convert all data numbers to represent data for 1 minute. To do this you need
to multiply each number by six.
11. Create graphical representations for your data.
Results
Data Tables
(You only need to have your own section’s data table included in your lab report)
Section 71 Data Tables
Subject
Base
0
Pulse (min)
Rate
1F
72
114
2F
60
144
3M
60
102
4M
60
96
5M
102
138
6M
78
150
7F
78
180
8F
60
168
Averages
Athletes
Gen Pop
63
80
114
159
Section 72 Data Tables
Subject
Base 0
Pulse (min)
Rate
1F
78
78
2F
72
102
3M
72
180
4M
72
96
5M
66
120
6M
66
84
7F
66
72
8F
54
132
Averages
Athletes 74
114
Gen Pop. 63
102
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
60
90
114
84
78
132
90
126
66
72
120
72
108
126
72
108
48
60
72
120
84
114
60
116
72
48
60
78
72
108
60
72
36
60
60
60
102
96
60
72
42
60
48
72
84
72
78
60
72
60
48
72
78
72
60
60
72
66
48
60
102
72
??
60
87
107
83
104
75
94
65
78
54
83
56
74
63
68
62
78
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
114
60
150
108
114
90
42
78
60
60
60
60
96
102
54
66
90
48
54
66
78
102
66
84
78
54
54
60
66
108
78
96
90
42
54
48
72
102
90
96
78
42
48
48
78
108
48
108
96
42
42
36
60
90
96
96
84
48
36
48
66
108
90
60
108
81
60
80
65
83
62
87
57
86
54
86
54
86
54
81
73 Data Tables
Subject
Base
Pulse
Rate
1F
78
2F
72
3M
90
4M
72
5M
126
6F
84
7F
102
8M
108
Averages
Athletes 78
Gen Pop 105
0
1
(min)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
132
138
180
192
120
108
126
162
138
132
150
138
114
150
138
150
102
114
108
114
90
102
120
130
102
108
102
86
102
120
114
120
78
66
96
90
132
84
120
102
54
48
78
60
132
72
138
84
78
72
72
48
120
78
126
60
84
78
78
78
126
66
108
78
72
66
108
84
138
66
132
90
131
129
140
138
110
111
100
114
83
110
60
107
68
96
80
95
83
107
Graphs
(This is a sample graph. Your graph should look very similar. You are not allowed
to use this I want to see if you can form your own graphs.
Title: Heart Rate (BPM) vs. Time in All Subjects
X Axis: Time (mins)
Y Axis: Heart Rate (BPM)
*Don’t forget your key. You may make it look something like mine on the right hand
side.
200
180
160
Athlete 1
140
Athlete 2
120
Athlete 3
100
Athlete 4
Gen Pop 5
80
Gen Pop 6
60
Gen Pop 7
40
Gen Pop 8
20
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Title: (Y axis vs. X axis) Heart Rate vs. Time Averages
X axis: Time (mins)
Y axis: Heart Rate (BPM)
*Again please make a Key and use different colors so we can easily see your data.
180
160
140
120
100
Athletes
80
Gen Pop
60
40
20
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Discussion
*You will answer all of the questions and prove if you believe your hypothesis was
supported or not based on your data. Please be thoughtful and fully answer all of
the questions.