Heart Rate

• What is heart rate: Heart rate is when your heart beats and you time it. It is measured to see if your heart is beating normal or badly.

• What is the normal heart rate for someone my age-show how the calculation is worled out: The normal heart rate for a 12 year is 70-110bpm for girls and boys. A basic way to calculate it is get 220 and minus your age off it. That answer would be your maximim heart rate.

• When you exersize your heart rate: Your heart rate would beat faster because when you breath it is hard to. It would increase and blood would start pumping faster.

• How does heart rate change when you get older: When you grow older your heart rate goes lower  because it is harder to keep healthy when you are old. Even though you heart rate only goes down a notch  notch it still helps pump your blood through your system

• How can you measure your hear rate: You can run for a while and then put your hand on your cheast and count the beats. You can feel your pulse and count it for a minute and that what would it would be.