Workout Log

Student Name: Johnci Tanelus

Regular physical activity has many positive benefits that contribute to improved cardiovascular health and well being. Monitoring your heart rate during your workouts helps you know that you are getting the most cardiovascular benefit from your activities.  Please define a measurable cardiovascular activity goal that will include heart rate monitoring as part of this process.

Goal:  I aspire keep my heart rate in the target zone no later than December 7 2013.

Example:  I aspire to monitor my heart rate during at least four of my workouts and make sure I am within my target heart range no later than January 2, 2013.

Date | Warm-Up | Physical Activity | Intensity (Light, Medium, or High) | Cool-Down | Minutes |

12/3/2013 | Walking | Basketball | Medium | Quadriceps | 60 |

 12/4/13 |  Stretch | Squat  |  Medium  | Stretch | 60 |

12/5/13 |  Walk |  Jogging |  Light | Quadriceps   | 60 |

12/6/13 |  Walk |  Football |  Medium |  Stretch | 60 |

12/7/13 |  Light cycling | Cycling | High |  Light cycling | 60 |

  |   |   |   |   | Total minutes worth 360 points |

Reflections: (worth 20 points)

1. Do you believe your cardiovascular routine is improving your fitness?  Why or why not? Affirmative, I believe my cardiovascular routine is ameliorating my fitness. I am making amendments everyday on my workouts. Now, I make time to exercise circadianly, sometimes twice a day.

2. Calculate your individual Target Heart Rate zone and show your work. (You will learn about heart rates and how to calculate your Target Heart Rate zone in Lesson Three.)

Resting Heart Rate: 100           Age: 16

THR zone: 140            to           2 beats per minute

3. Were you able to maintain your workouts within the target heart rate zone calculated?  Why or why not?  Why is it important? I checked my heart rate level frequently to ascertain that I was utilizing my heart efficiently. By doing so, I was able to stay within target...