Diastolic Exercise Rate

During exercise or human movement, a person’s heart rate, the number of beats per minute, and also systolic blood pressure increases as the intensity of the exercise increases. While diastolic blood pressure will remain the same with the exception of a 10-mmHg gap change. A typical person’s blood pressure remains around 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg). It may not be the exact numbers but it is very similar to the standard. During a type of exercise a person’s systolic blood pressure, “the blood against the walls of the arteries during the forceful contraction of the heart” (Hoeger et. al. 210), increases as a person tries to maintain a high intensity exercise by supplying enough oxygen to the muscles that are occurring in the exercise. …show more content…
al. 210), will remain the same. As noted by Lellamo (2001), one of the many reasons why heart rate increases at maximal intensity is the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. As the nervous system responses to the high power of a certain exercise, nerve signals are sent to the motor cortex of the brain which then send stimuluses to the heart in order for the heart to supply oxygen to the muscles and for the muscles to work at a significant pace. Therefore, the purpose of this lab is to examine the heart rate and blood pressure respond to increasing intensity. It was hypothesized that heart rate and systolic blood pressure would increase with increasing intensity. While diastolic blood pressure will remain the