1. EXERCISE INTENSITY
LO: To know what exercise intensity is
and how it can be determined
Starter: How many Components of
Fitness can you name?
HINT: There are 11 in total!

2. Heart Rate (HR)
What is a heart rate?
How do we measure it?
Why might we be interested in
our heart rate?

3. Lets check our Heart Rate!
Where? • 60 secs
or
• 30 secs
How? then double
or
• 6 secs then
Beats per minute (BPM) x10

4. What happens to our HR when
we exercise?
Star Jumps for 1 minute
Can you predict your HR?
Why?
The higherWhat else Coach can
the HR the
could affect see how
This means how more
HARD you’re
your HR? hard player
intense the
is working
working exercise!

5. Maximum Heart Rate
= 220 – age (years)
= 220 – 14
= 206 BPM

6. Training Zones
To calculate training zone for
Cardiovascular Endurance…
HR = 60-85% of max
TIP: divide max HR by 100
times by 60 (for 60%)
times by 85 (for 85%)
TASK: Work out your target training
zone for Cardiovascular Endurance

7. Example…
Mr Hooper is 40 years old…
Max HR = (220 – 40) BPM
Max HR = 180 BPM
His training zone for CV is…
60%-85% of Max HR
Therefore…
To find 1% Mr Hooper’s
180 ÷ 100 = 1.8 CV training
To find 60% zone is
1.8 x 60 = 108 BPM 108-153
To find 85% BPM
1.8 x 85 = 153 BPM

8. Training Zones for Clients
Imagine you are working in a sports centre. You have
a variety of clients who want to know their target HR
for training their cardiovascular endurance.
1) Graham – 56 years old
2) Betty – 64 years old
3) Peter – 12 years old
4) Michelle – 18 years old
5) Chris – 38 years old

9. Plenary
LO: To know what exercise intensity is
and how it can be determined
How can we work out how hard
someone is working?
Why do we want to know?