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Heart Rate and Effort

Your heart beats faster when you run, cycle, or swim harder. Training zones use heart rate to show how hard you are working.

In the picture

  1. Chest strap: picks up heartbeats during exercise.
  2. Wrist band: shows current heart rate.
  3. Green bar: low-intensity training zone.
  4. Orange bar: moderate-intensity training zone.
  5. Red bar: high-intensity training zone.

Examples

  • A brisk walk to school raises your heart rate a little.
  • Sprinting for a bus makes it rise a lot.

Quiz: Heart Rate and Effort (Age 15)

  1. According to the card, what happens to your heart rate as your effort increases?

    • It stays the same.
    • It falls.
    • It rises.
  2. What do training zones help you set?

    • The length of the workout
    • The type of shoes to wear
    • The right intensity
  3. Which training zone is shown as high intensity?

    • The green bar
    • The orange bar
    • The red bar

The answers, each with its explanation, are in the app. This lesson has left the free week, so its quiz is part of the subscription.

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Age 15