Heart recovery time after exercise
I can investigate the recovery time of my heart after exercise.
Heart recovery time after exercise
I can investigate the recovery time of my heart after exercise.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Your pulse can be felt at the wrist and other places where an artery is close to the skin.
- A healthy resting heart rate for adults is between 50 and 90 beats per minute (bpm).
- Recovery time is the amount of time it takes your heart to return to its resting rate after being active.
- Regular exercise can improve recovery time and overall heart health.
Common misconception
Pupils may have a very narrow definition of exercise, limiting it to activities such as running or weightlifting and not including more ‘fun’ types of exercise such as dancing or trampolining.
Explain that any physical activity where we intentionally use a lot of effort to move our bodies is exercise, backing this up with all the examples in the slide deck.
Keywords
Exercise - Exercise means using a lot of effort to move our bodies so that they stay fit and healthy.
Heart rate - Heart rate is the number of times a heart beats each minute.
Pulse - Each time your heart beats it can be felt as a pulse in the arteries.
Arteries - Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
Recovery time - Recovery time is the amount of time it takes your heart to return to its resting rate after being active.
Equipment
Stopwatches, clipboards. Pulse oximeters could also be provided if available but are not required.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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