This document provides an overview of a GCSE PE lesson on aerobic and anaerobic fitness, heart rate, and training zones. The lesson aims to explain aerobic and anaerobic fitness with examples, understand concepts related to heart rate like resting heart rate and recovery rate, and use graphs to demonstrate target zones and thresholds for training. It includes questions to test understanding of these concepts and provides context for analyzing training sessions based on heart rate data.

1. GCSE PE
Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness
Heart Rate
Training Zones

2. Lesson Aims
 Recap goal setting: Can I explain SMART goal?
 Explain and provide a practical example of aerobic
fitness.
 Explain and provide a practical example of
anaerobic fitness.
 Understand what is meant my resting heart rate,
working heart rate and recovery rate.
 Be able to evaluate heart rate results on a graph.
 Be able to use graphs o demonstrate and explain
the use of target zones and thresholds of training.

3. QUICK QUIZ…
People who set sensible goals, plan, monitor and record their progress
are more likely to meet their goals. Applying SMART when you set goal
will make them easier to achieve. Complete the explanation of SMART
target below.
•Specific means knowing exactly what the goal is e.g. I want to swim 0.5
second faster in my 100m Breastroke.
•M…………….. means setting a goal that you are able to measure to see
if you have achieved it.
•A…………………………………………………………………………………
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•R…………………………………………………………………………………
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•Time – Bound. Does the goal have an end point?

4. What is Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness
 Turn to page 72/73 in your text books. Read the training sessions
that Jack and Tom complete for their event.
 Both training sessions improve cardiovascular fitness in different
ways. Which session do you think is aerobic, and which is
anaerobic?
Session A: Jacks 100m Sprint session is …………………
Session B: Toms training for 1500m……………………..
Aerobic exercise means …………………………………….
An example of a sport that requires aerobic fitness is ………………
Anaerobic exercise means …………………………………..
An example of a sport that requires aerobic fitness is ………………

5. What is Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness
 Turn to page 72/73 in your text books. Read the training sessions
that Jack and Tom complete for their event.
 Both training sessions improve cardiovascular fitness in different
ways. Which session do you think is aerobic, and which is
anaerobic?
Session A: Jacks 100m Sprint session is …………………
Session B: Toms training for 1500m……………………..
Aerobic exercise means WITH AIR
An example of a sport that requires aerobic fitness is 1500m Run
Anaerobic exercise means WITHOUT AIR
An example of a sport that requires aerobic fitness is SHOT PUT

6. ANAEROBIC
EXERCISE
AEROBIC
EXERCISE

7. How do I Analyse my training session?
You need to understand what terms below mean before you can
understand how to use them!! SO….
Heart rate : …………………………………………………………….
Resting heart rate:……………………………………………………
Working heart rate:…………………………………………………..
Maximum heart rate:
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Target heart rate or target zone:
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Recovery rate:
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8. How do I Analyse my training session?
You need to understand what terms below mean before you can
understand how to use them!! SO….
Heart rate : the number of times the heart beats per minute.
Resting heart rate: heart rate at rest, best taken in morning.
Working heart rate: heart rate taken during or immediately after
exercise.
Maximum heart rate: calculated according to age. 220 - age
Target heart rate or target zone: the aim is to be within this zone
during training; this means you are working hard enough to
improve fitness. Training athletes may train out of this zone to
gain certain benefits.
Recovery rate: a measure of how long it takes for a persons heart
rate to return to resting level after a training session.

9. How do I use the results?
 My resting heart rate is ………………..
 My maximum heart rate is …………….
 My target zone is between …… and …….. bpm.
Add your results to the graph. Plot what you think your HR would do if you were
using interval training.

10. Test your understanding…
 Answer the questions on page 77 of your Edexcel text book.
1. ………..
2. …………………………….
3. …………………………….
 Why should you track your recovery rate after exercise?
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 What is working heart rate a measurement of?
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 Describe anaerobic exercise and provide a sporting example to
illustrate your answer.
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