The Effect of Heart Rate and Rating of Perceived Exertion While Exercising on the StairMaster 4000pt With and Without Upper Body Support

The purpose of this study was to determine if any differences exists between heart rate and rating of perceive exertion during exercise on the StairMaster 4000pt with and without upper body support. Thirteen female intercollegic athletes were examined during a 1.5 mile run and eight minutes of supported and eight minutes of non-supported StairMaster exercise. The subjects worked at a slow step rate for the first two minutes (4.9 METs) and the last six minutes each subject worked at 70% of their submaximal level achieved on the 1.5 mile run. Variables measured included HR and RPE. A one factor ANOVA with a Scheffe F-test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference (p\u3c.05) between supported and non-supported exercise when comparing HR and RPE on the StairMaster 4000pt