The control of intensity during physical activity through the heart

Abstract

The aim to the present study was to anlyse the importance of practing a permanent physical activity and controlling the intensity of effort appropriate to each practitioner’s capacity. Characterized as an experimental research it was carried out with a sample of thirteen students of a swimmingschool through a heartbeat frequency control stipulated for each practioner’s conditions. The data wer collected through a 12-minute free style swimming pre-test and post-stimulated the practitioners to continuously overcome their own limits, besedes proving to be an efficient method of general control for heterogeneous groups of practitioners as those enrolled in swimmingschools.