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How Training Affects Your Heart - The Human Body - A User's Guide

How Training Affects Your Heart - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Gordon Trevett, High Performance Manager at the University of Bristol and coach of several Olympic rowing champions, explains the concepts of resting and minimum heart rates. He puts 2012 prospect Ben Bathurst through his paces on in the gym and on the river to demonstrate what a strong heart can do. This is part of the series The Human Body - A User's Guide, designed to help PE students learn about physiology in a practical way.

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University of Bristol Football Team Fitness Drill - The Human Body - A User's Guide

University of Bristol Football Team Fitness Drill - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Matt Paine, High Performance Coach at the University of Bristol, takes the team through his figure -of-eight drill, designed to rapidly raise the heart rate. This is a simple drill that you can do and see you how you get on compared to Bristol boys.

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What Happens to your Heart when you Exercise - The Human Body - A User's Guide

What Happens to your Heart when you Exercise - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Legendary rugby coach Mark Bishop explains how your heart works - and how to make it work harder. Diagrams show how your blood flows though the chambers of the heart to the lungs.

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What Happens to Your Lungs when you Exercise - The Human Body - A User's Guide

What Happens to Your Lungs when you Exercise - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Legendary rugby coach Mark Bishop explains what happens to your lungs when you exercise. Diagrams show how your lungs turn air into fuel for your muscles. Warning: contains a dodgy Welsh accent.

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Lung Capacity - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Lung Capacity - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Respiratory Physiologist Carla Waygood measures the forced vital capacity of two athletes.

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VO2 Max Test - The Human Body - A User's Guide

VO2 Max Test - The Human Body - A User's Guide

Respiratory Physiologist Carla Waygood puts two top athletes from Bristol University on a treadmill to test their fitness.

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A Wind Turbine for Ansford School

A Wind Turbine for Ansford School

A group of students from Ansford Community School in Somerset investigate powering their school with a wind turbine.

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Mik Jacobs - How Movie Explosions Work - Science for Schools

Mik Jacobs - How Movie Explosions Work - Science for Schools

Hollywood stunt scientist, Mik Jacobs, explains the principle of combustion and the techniques used in movie pyrotechnics

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The Big Bang - Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Science for Schools

The Big Bang - Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Science for Schools

Rocket scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock condenses 13.7 billion years into 90 seconds as she explains the evidence for the Big Bang theory.

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Mark Lythgoe - Herpes Virus (Friend or Foe?) - Science for Schools

Mark Lythgoe - Herpes Virus (Friend or Foe?) - Science for Schools

How could herpes possibly be a friend? Dr Mark Lythgoe explains

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