The FITT principle is a very important and necessary rule to follow when doing exercise. It is a great way to monitor an exercise program and involves many different fitness components. The principle is widely used in a weight loss regime. However many individuals use it for strength and weight training. The word FITT stands for the Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type of an exercise. and all of these are important for a successful workout.
Frequency refers to the repetition of an exercise undertaken by the individual or how often they train for within a specific amount of time. It reflects on the individuals current fitness level and should be adjusted to the number of times they exercise per week so they don’t over exercise. If they over exercise or try to do too
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This is the hardest factor of the principal to test and monitor. It consists of monitoring the individual's heart rate. The harder a person exercises the higher the heart rate and the same with a low intensity exercise, the lower the heart rate. This determines how hard an exercise is for an individual and whether they should try something harder or easier. For example, long distance runners measure their heart rate to see how hard it is for them to run a certain distance. They might have to resort to a shorter distance if their heart rate is at a high average at most of their training sessions and then build back up to the original distance over a period of time. The first T in FITT stands for the time a person spends exercising or how long their training session is. It also usually depends on the type of exercise being undertaken. For example, for a runner it is usually recommended to train (run) for at least 20 to 30 minutes non stop, if they wish to improve their cardiovascular fitness. Yet its different for weight loss it is advised to train for at least 40 minutes of moderate weight training. Som it all depends
It determines how well your heart pumps with each beat by measuring the percentage of blood leaving your heart
The first participant measured her pulse rate for 30 seconds before starting the exercise. Her pulse rate was calculated to determine the number of beats per minute. She then stepped on the platform (up and down) and continued at a slow pace for 3 minutes. After three minutes of the exercise, she measured her pulse rate every minute to determine her recovery time. This process was repeated until her pulse rate returned to normal.
A runner must use a strategy that is specific to that style of racing. If a distance runner attempts to apply pacing to a short sprint he has lost the race before approaching the start. Although racing strategies differ between every individual race it is possible to associate some basic strategies used in particular types of races. These techniques are common amongst the runners of a particular event but vary compared to runners of different types of races.
Heart, the key organ of the circulatory system, supplies blood to body parts by rhythmic contraction (systole) and relaxation (diastole) – the heartbeat. Heart rate is the number of beats per minute (BPM) is an important vital signs measurement for cardiovascular health and human’s wellbeing. There are many methods to measure heart rate (or pulse). One simple method is to manually count the pulse by placing finger on Radial pulse (Wrist) or the Carotid pulse (neck). The need for the ceaseless observation of the heart rate motivates for the invention of heart rate monitors. Another essential factor is the Oxygen saturation (So2 or SpO2), the oxygen concentration in hemoglobin. As the name says, we need oxygen to survive. To achieve this, the technique Pulse oximetry is employed. Pulse oximetry produces a graph, called Plethysmogram.
The main materials include energy drinks, water, test subjects, heart rate monitor and a timer. For the test subjects I chose 17 year old boys who all weighed about the same. As for the procedures they were fairly simple and required at least an hour to do. My first step was checking each person’s heart rate and writing it down on a piece of paper. After that, I measured one cup of each drink into separate cups to make sure they were each consuming the same amount. Followed by them drinking the drink they were assigned to, I set the timer for 15 minutes to notify me when I needed to check their heart rate again. Once an hour had past I had enough data to make a conclusion.
...rking out should appropriately plan his or her workouts according to the goal he or she wants to accomplish as one can get very different things out of their body depending on which way they work out.
Every person finds fitness for a different reason, but everyone sticks with it for the same reason. They either like the way they feel after they workout or they like the way they look after they workout, besides that there are very few other reasons in between. Once this is understood, it is easy to become literate in the fitness
There are multiple possibilities for future research. In particular, testing to discover what relationship the length of time spent exercising holds with the respiratory rate of a subject. Another possibility could include testing to see if the intensity holds an impact on heart rate. Alternatively, an experiment to test at what length of time the heart reaches target heart rate could be conducted or even further or to test what different types of exercise produce what sorts of heart rate. Most importantly, simply repeating the experiment with many more trials would provide much more information and data, which could possibly lead to more accurate results and conclusions.
To determine if the intensity of exercise affects the heart rate of a 15-year-old boy. Apparatus - 2 stopwatches - 1 laptop (beep test) - 1 fire glass tape (min. 20 meters) - Chalk to mark 20 meters (start to finish). Method 1) Get beep test ready on laptop from - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0U_yQITBks - 2) Bring five male subjects ready at the starting line to run the beep test. 3) Mark 20 meters on the ground outside on the AstroTurf using a long tape.
AIM: - the aim of this experiment is to find out what the effects of exercise are on the heart rate. And to record these results in various formats. VARIABLES: - * Type of exercise * Duration of exercise * Intensity of exercise * Stage of respiration
The two major things that will help an athlete while measuring the cardiovascular drift are progression and hydration levels. The heart rate of an athlete working hard during a workout should be no more than their maximum heart rate which is found by, if you’re a female take 226-age, if you’re a male take 220-age. If while doing a workout the maximum heart rate is exceeded by too much it may be necessary to take a break or slow down greatly. This may also help with traking the hydration of an athlete. If an athlete stays hydrated their core temperature will stay regulated which means they won’t sweat as much, which also means the heart won’t be under as much stress while transporting the oxygenated blood throughout the body to the
My personal workout will generally follow the modified periodization model. It follows as: (Taken From http://staff.washigto.edu/griffin/period.html)
This experiment is designed to test whether or not gender is a major contributing factor to the recovery heart rate in humans. Most would assume that the male heart rate would be considerably faster in recovery time than that of the female. This experiment furthers that assumption by eliminating uncontrolled variables such as age, build, and health conditions.
Cardiovascular fitness can also be known as cardiovascular endurance, aerobic fitness and cardiovascular respiratory fitness. In order to increase your cardiovascular conditioning you have to practice active high energy activities or active sporting activities which can be of enough intensity for getting your heartbeat into your target heart rate zone. A great little free calculator for working out your heart-rate zone can be fount at: http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/bl_THR.htm
As the topic above endurance runners have slower twitch muscles in the body. The anatomy build of an endurance runners differs from a sprinter. Scott Amato, (2013, September 27 explains long distance are typically tall. The article also explains that long distance runners have long arms. The long legs of a long distance runners helps with a making fewer steps while running. While these are the typical characteristics of a long distance runners, some runners are normal height but have long legs to be able to give them the advantage of long strides. Most long distance runners are really thin and have less muscle mass. However; there is a reason why long distance runners have less muscle mass. Less muscle mass helps the long distance runners run longer as well as allowing the runner to run fast during a race because runners are not held down with all that muscle mass. Most runners do not weigh a lot because long distance runners run burn a lot of calories while running, causing runners to gain no weight at all. Most long distance runners have high VO2 max, which leads to them running for long periods in time. While these are the characteristics for long distance runners, there are different characteristics for