Benefits of Exercise: The Circulatory System'

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Benefits of Exercise The Circulatory System.

• THE UK LEAD A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE!!! meaning
  that we sit down a lot.
• For athletes and the general population the
  benefits of regular exercise only differ in the
  level, intensity and frequency with which they
  need to be practised.
• STRONGER CARDIAC MUSCLE
• Cardiac muscle (heart) becomes stronger with
  regular activity and exercise.

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• The heart increases in size as it becomes
  stronger
• a stronger and larger heart produces the
  following desirable effects
• increased stroke volume
• increased cardiac output
• lower resting heart rate
• INCREASED STOKE VOLUME
• Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped from
  the heart in a single beat. Normally measured
  when resting.

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• INCREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT
• Cardiac means of the heart like cardiac muscle,
  cardiac output also means how much blood the
  heart pumps out.
• It is measured in terms of the total volume of
  blood pumped from the heart during one minute
• CARDIAC OUT STROKE VOLUME X BEATS PER MINUTE
• LOWER RESTING HEART BEAT
• a stronger and larger heart pumps more blood
  around the body each time it beats.

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• Resting heart rates vary between individuals, but
  they are normally between 60 beats per minute
  (bpm) and 80 bpm. People who exercise regularly
  tend to have resting heart rates of between 50-60
  bpm.
• OLYMPIC ROWING CHAMPION, STEVE REDGRAVE HAD A
  RESTING HEART RATE OF BETWEEN 40-45 BPM

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• MEASURING YOUR PULSE
• To measure your heart rate you need to measure
  your pulse.
• To count the number of times your heart beats in
  a minute you need to count your pulse over a
  minute.
• The most common place to measure your pulse are
  at the radial pulse on the inside of your wrist
  and the carotid pulse, this is on your neck to
  one side of your Adams apple (larynx).