Ben+H

Ben H 2011-2012
 * HEART RATE FOR DIFFERENT RUNNING TIMES **


 * ABSTRACT **

The purpose of the experiment that was conducted was to find out how running affects heart rate and how much it affects it. The hypothesis that was made for the experiment was that the test subjects’ heart rate would rise the longer that the test subjects’ ran. The method was to have the test subjects run for thirty seconds, forty-five seconds, and then finally, one minute. Then the test subjects’ heart rates were taken using the computer and program Logger Pro 3.8.2 and put into a graph. The results were that the male test subjects seemed to have slightly greater average heart rate than the female subjects. The hypothesis was correct; the average heart rate of the test subjects in almost all cases, increased the longer that the test subjects ran. This goes for female test subjects and male test subjects. The test subjects also seemed to look more and more tired as the test subjects ran longer times.


 * Experiment Improvements and Future Experiments **

Some future experimental possibilities would be to have each person run three times to get an absolute average. An interesting thing that was found was that the test subjects wanted to stop running about half way through the one minute test. In the second experiment that was conducted there were patterns, as hypothesized, that were slightly increasing every time the test subjects ran an additional 10 m.

To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below.