1. Was each participant’s resting blood pressure higher or lower than normal values? What category did each fall into? If they were outside of normal ranges, why do you think that is?

Two of the participant’s blood pressure was ranked in the normal range, which placed them in the normal category. However, one of the participant’s blood pressure ranked above the normal values, which placed this participant in the pre-hypertensive category. I think that the participant who ranked outside of normal values, was nervous to get her blood pressure measured, which would cause an increase in blood pressure in comparison to normal values. Also, the listener may have misjudged the systolic blood pressure, and or the diastolic blood pressure. Moreover, the participant did not aware the person who was measuring the blood pressure if she was taking any medications, or if she normally has a higher blood pressure.

2. How did the systolic BP change from resting to light/moderate exercise with Participant 1 and Participant 2? How did the systolic BP change from resting to high intensity …show more content…
Due to the workload on the heart, the blood pressure and heart rate will increase as intensity begins with rest to exercise. The heart is working hard to supply the body with oxygen, and to fuel the body to withstand the activity. Also, due to the intensity and or exercise, the body began trying to adapt to the fuel utilization of aerobic or anaerobic pathways, which caused an increase in blood pressure. The left ventricle is working hard to supply the appropriate amount of blood, to the working muscles and tissues. Therefore, this causes the amount oxygen that is being extracted by the body, to increase the heart rate, and to increase the systolic blood pressure. Lastly, due to the increases in the amount of blood being pumped per minute, and the increase in heart rate, also caused the increase in systolic blood