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Heart Rate and Physical Activity

Heart Rate and Physical Activity

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Physical Ed

7th - 8th Grade

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Yara Barghout

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Heart Rate and Physical Activity

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To achieve a health enhancing level of physical fitness, you should...

  • Have a proper warm up

  • Know your THR (target heart rate)

  • ​ Get into your Heart Rate Training Zone

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Maximum Heart Rate (MHR)

  • Highest number of beats per minute (BPM) for your heart

  • ​ MHR = 220 - age

    • example for a 10 year old

      • MHR= 220 - 10​

      • MHR = 210​ BPM

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​YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRaUySnK2sk

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Multiple Choice

What is the max heart rate (MHR) for a 13 year old?

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210 BPM

2

215 BPM

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207 BPM

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209 BPM

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Answer Explained:

formula: MHR = 220 - age

  • ​age = 13

  • MHR = 220 - 13

  • MHR = 207 bpm​

Question: What is the max heart rate for a 13 year old?

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Target Heart Rate (THR)

  • Number of beats per minute you WANT to achieve in your workout​

  • THR = .85(220-age)

    • .85 is the same as 85%. This number can change.​

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THR EXAMPLE

What is the THR for a 15 year old?

THR = .85 (220-age)

THR = .85 (220 - 15)

THR = .85 (205)

THR = 174.25 BPM​

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Multiple Choice

How do you find your THR?

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220 - age

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220 + age

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.85 (220 + age)

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.85 (220 - age)

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Checking Your Heart Rate

  • Take 2 fingers and place them on your neck (on carotid artery-neck or radial artery-wrist)

  • Count the number of beats for 15 seconds

  • Take that number and multiply it by 4 for beats per minute (BPM)

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Multiple Select

We can measure our heart rate by...

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Finding the pulse on our pinky side of our wrist and counting the number of pulses for 15 seconds.

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Finding your pulse on your neck, counting for 15 seconds, and multiplying that number by 4.

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Finding your pulse on the thumb side of your wrist, counting for 15 seconds, and multiplying that number by 4.

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Counting the number of breaths you take in 15 seconds and multiplying that number by 4.

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