Go easy on the exercise

摘要

we're going to increase the resistance of the pedals a little. Are you ready." A member of staff, a cardiologist, directs a question at a group of people pedaling on exercise bicycles as he keeps an eye on the electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor. This is part of the Sports Program Service, a comprehensive sports physical offered by the Yokohama Sports Medical Center In this exercise-tolerance test, the bicycles' pedal resistance is adjusted according to the physical capacity of each individual, and blood pressure, heart rate, and ECG readings are taken simultaneously. The test can detect latent heart problems that may not be detected by an ECG or other type of heart recording made at rest, and it also provides an index of full body stamina by determinin g how much exercise the body is capable of at 75% of the predicted maximum heart rate.