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Process

1) Find your resting heart rate (your pulse at rest). Follow these instructions to learn how to determine your resting heart rate.

Take your heart rate first thing when waking up in the morning before getting out of bed.
Take your heart rate by using the first and second fingers of your hand to find a pulse at your neck. This is your carotid pulse. Do not use your thumb.
Count the number of beats for one minute. This is your resting heart rate.

2) Find your maximum heart rate = 220 - your age.

3) Find your heart rate reserve = maximum heart rate - resting heart rate

4) Now that you have your heart rate reserve, calculate your training heart rate.

5) Select two activities in which you can participate to reach your training heart rate. Fitness walking, football, basketball, aerobics, jump rope, treadmill, stair climbing, stationary bike, running, tennis, swimming, rollerblading, soccer.

Click on the web sites listed below to find information about the activities you would like to participate in using the heart rate monitors on activity day in P.E.
Look for movement activities, games and drills in the web sites that you can use to reach your training heart rate.
Write a three paragraph description of the activities you have chosen.

6) Wearing your heart rate monitor, participate in the two aerobic activities you have selected on two separate activity days in P.E. class.

7) Record the results of each activity and determine which activity is best at keeping you within your training heart rate.

Resources

All Sports Activities

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=87&cid=1

Basketball

http://www.bbhighway.com/download/drills/

http://www.geocities.com/sissio/Basketball.html

Fitness Walking

http://www.totalfitnessnetwork.com

http://www.fitnessfind.com/walking.html

Rollerblading