Objective
Investigate how different types of exercise impact heart rate recovery time.
Materials
- Stopwatch
- Heart rate monitor or manual pulse measurement
- Participants
- Notebook for recording data
Instructions
- Measure resting heart rates of participants using a heart rate monitor or manual pulse measurement.
- Have participants perform different types of exercise (e.g., running, jumping, cycling) for a set duration (e.g., 5 minutes).
- Immediately measure the heart rate after exercise and then at regular intervals (e.g., every minute) until it returns to resting rate.
- Record the heart rate recovery times in your notebook.
- Compare the recovery times for different types of exercises.
- Analyze your findings to understand how different exercises affect heart rate recovery.
- Present your results in a report, discussing the importance of heart rate recovery for cardiovascular health.