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HELEN:
So Tom, for the last part of this experiment, you're going to get to do some exercise.
TOM:
Fantastic.
HELEN:
Are you ready for that?
TOM:
Indeed, yep.
HELEN:
Just wait a moment, then. So the important thing about this exercise is it shouldn't be more than five minutes and it doesn't have to be something super strenuous. It just has to be enough to elevate your heart rate. So you can be walking up and down the hallway, you can be jogging on the spot, you could be doing star jumps, you can be stepping up and down if you've got stairs, say, from the ground floor up and down the first couple of steps and back down again, nothing too complicated at all. So I'm going to set Tom going with his five minutes of exercise. Tom, are you ready?
TOM:
I'm ready, yep, definitely.
HELEN:
Off you go.
TOM:
Thank you. OK, so star jumps, for example, we could be doing something fairly light. And count out three, four, I've got star jumps. Running on the spot, anything to get your heart rate up.
HELEN:
Oh, Tom, you're nearly there. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 1.
[ALARM]
You can stop.
TOM:
Thank you.
HELEN:
Well done.
TOM:
Thank you.
HELEN:
Now, it's very important, quite quickly, that we do those pulse measurements and respiration measurements all over again. So Tom, I'll set this one minute, you can out loud. Off you go.
TOM:
1, 2, , 3 4, 5, 6... 96, 97.
[ALARM]
HELEN:
97. Well done, Tom. I'll go and write that down in just a minute, but we also need to make sure we measure your respiration rate. Are you ready to count that as well?
TOM:
Yeah.
HELEN:
Let me start that one minute. Are you ready?
TOM:
Yep.
HELEN:
Go.
TOM:
1, 2, 3.
HELEN:
So Tom is going to count under his breath so that he's not using his breath. But it's really important to remember that, of course, it can help you to use somebody to count by watching your chest like we've done at all the other occasions.
TOM:
34
[ALARM]
HELEN:
So 34 breaths.
TOM:
Yep.
HELEN:
Let's go and record that information and remember to measure your pulse and your respiration rate.