Isometric Exercise Lab Report

Observations

While conducting the experiment I noticed how the participants struggled to do most of the exercises. I thought that they would be easy to do since they are ‘passive’ exercises and require no physical movement. But I noticed that these movements needed core strength, which the participants lacked. All of them had trouble holding the pose for 2 minutes and often took short breaks. The struggle wasn’t really about getting tiered. It was more about the muscle ace that accompanied the movements. This struggle to keep the pose deepened the breathes took by the participants. I also noticed that as they did more exercises the harder it got for them to do the next one. The participants didn’t sweat but got very red and started to shake while preforming the workouts. I noticed that some of the mouthpieces for the spirometer were broken and were leaking out air. I had to be very carful while choosing the mouthpieces. I also noticed while doing the experiment that you have to be very diligent while reading the writings on the spirometer, because they are very small it is easy to mix up the numbers.

Analysis

Isometric exercises are exercises, which doesn’t involve the movement of muscle. Isometric exercises are known for having many health benefits compared to exercises, which involve movement. Such as it doesn’t put as much tension on the joints and it is used as a therapy method for injuries (Lisa M. Wolfe, 2013). In order to test this I picked 3 isometric movements and had 5 participants from fairly similar backgrounds preform them. Before doing the exercise I had the participant blow into a spirometer to see their initial capacity. I allocated 2 minutes for each exercise with 2 minute breaks in between. After each exercise I had them blow into the spirometer again. I recorded the before and after for each participant after each