Impact+of+Cardiovascular+Exercise

=REVISION DATE: June 9, 2010=

=__IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE__= =ABSTRACT= Researchers agree that a couple days of exercise is not and cannot be a substantial amount necessary to improve a person's heart rate, but is this always true? Is it possible for a person's heart rate to get better after only a couple days of walking?

=PROCEDURES= 1. Get 4 kids (15-17 year old males) to take their heart rate before they walk.


 * __GROUP NUMBER ASSIGNMENTS__**
 * 1 above average fitness
 * 2 average fitness
 * 3 athletic fitness
 * 4 below average fitness

2. Have them walk 1 1/2 miles and then take their heart rate again 3. Ask each person questions to better comprehend their physical fitness 4. Make a chart for their heart rates 5. Measure response rate by subtracting heart rate before exercise from the heart rate after exercise and make a graph
 * How often do you exercise?
 * How old are you?
 * How much do you weigh?
 * How tall are you?

=MEASUREMENTS= - use the heart monitors to collect data -each person walks a mile and a half

Group 1 physical fitness: Group 2 physical fitness: Group 3 physical fitness: Group 4 physical fitness:
 * exercises by walking every other day for 10-15 minutes
 * height is 5'10
 * weight is 140 lbs
 * 17 years old
 * exercises 4 times a week for minutes a day
 * height is 6'0
 * weighs 175 lbs
 * 16 years of age
 * exercises one hour, five days a week
 * height is 5'11
 * weighs 190 lbs
 * 16 years old
 * exercises 30-60 minutes a day
 * height is 5'7
 * weighs 174 lbs
 * 15 years of age


 * bpm= beats per minute
 * = Group number ||= day 1 before exercise ||= day 1 after exercise ||= day 2 before exercise ||= day 2 after exercise ||
 * = 1 ||= 84 bpm ||= 111 bpm ||= 81 bpm ||= 114 bpm ||
 * = 2 ||= 111 bpm ||= 121 bpm ||= 104 bpm ||= 112 bpm ||
 * = 3 ||= 110 bpm ||= 126 bpm ||= 112 bpm ||= 124 bpm ||
 * = 4 ||= 116 bpm ||= 135 bpm ||= 116 bpm ||= 137 bpm ||

__Bar graph__ [|HEALTH.xls]

=FINDINGS= Based on our research we are able to deduct that no matter what a person's physical condition is their heart rate will not increase after only a couple days of exercising. A person would have to exercise more frequently in order for a substantial change in response rate to show. During the course of our project we made a bar graph. Although we were unable to copy and paste the graph onto the wiki we were able to make a link to the file. The first you want to do is save your graph in "my documents". The next thing you want to do is go to the editor, where there is a box that says "file", when you click it a window will pop up. On the top right hand corner there is an icon that says "upload files", click it and find your saved graph. Upload it, click it and a link will show up on your wiki. In order to improve the results of our project we should have done more research before hand. We agree that we should have also tested jogging and running so that we could have done a comparision between the different exercises to see with one would have had a better affect on the heart rates of the participants.

SOURCES:
[|Heart Rate Response to Exercise] [|Exercise's affect on Heart Rate]