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The effects of exercise on recovery time.  

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The effects of exercise on recovery time. Aims I am going to test how long it takes a persons heart rate to return to their resting hear rate after different periods of exercise. I will vary the time spent exercising each time and I will keep the intensity of the exercise constant. Preliminary Work During my preliminary work I tested how my heart rate reacted to different periods of exercise. I measured my resting heart rate at 77 bmp. Unfortunately the school does not own heart monitors so I had to take my pulse manually so this may not be accurate. Firstly I did step-ups for one minute at a set intensity, my heart rate was 117 bpm. Then I did step-ups for two minutes and measured my hear rate, it was 126 bpm. When I did the same exercise and intensity for five minutes my heart rate was 250 bpm. Because I thought...

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