Cardiovascular Heart Rate assignment

Cardio-Vascular Heart Rate

• You will evaluate your Cardio-Vascular endurance by doing a three minute step test (You can use the Clock or watch to keep time)
• Take your resting heart rate(Write this number down)
• Step up onto the stepper with your right foot. Bring up your left foot. Step back down with right foot first then left foot.
• Continue stepping up and down for three minutes. Try to maintain a pace of 24 steps per minute
• Take your heart rate (Check your pulse rate against the chart to see how you did on the test)

Males: (Heart Beats Per Minute) Females:

85-90- Excellent 85-95-Excellent

95-105- Good 95-106- Good

105-126-Fair 106-126-Fair

126+-Poor 126+-Poor

Resting Heart Rate:_________ After Exercise Heart Rate:_________

1. What is blood pressure?

1. How do you find someone's blood pressure?

1. What conditions can happen or be more likely if a person has a high blood pressure?

1. What Conditions can happen is a person has a low blood pressure?

1. How can you maintain a healthy blood pressure throughout your life?

1. How many times on average does your heart beat per minute?

1. Why does your heart beat faster during exercise?

1. What does a pacemaker do?

1. What triggers the heart to beat?

1. What makes the “Lub Dub” Sound when the heart beats?

1. How much blood does your heart pump per minute?

1. How much blood is in the body?

1. When a person donates blood, how much blood do they donate?

1. Name four different blood types:

1. What blood type is known as the universal blood type?

Bonus: What is your blood type?__________