Question

calculating recovery heart rate
imagine that declan just finished a vigorous 30 - minute cycling session. right after hopping off the bike, declan uses a heart rate monitor and finds the heart rate to be 175 beats per minute, declan then sits down for a minute to rest. after the minute passes, declan checks the heart rate again and sees it has dropped to 135 beats per minute.
what is declans recovery heart rate?
○ 30 beats per minute
○ 40 beats per minute
○ 135 beats per minute
○ 175 beats per minute

Explanation:

Recovery heart rate is the heart rate after resting for a period (here, 1 minute) post - exercise. Declan's heart rate after 1 minute of rest is 135 beats per minute, so that's his recovery heart rate. The other options: 30 and 40 are too low, 175 is the immediate post - exercise rate, not recovery.

Answer:

C. 135 beats per minute (assuming the options are labeled A - D with A: 30 beats per minute, B: 40 beats per minute, C: 135 beats per minute, D: 175 beats per minute)