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Plot your own data in the manner suggested above and also generate plots that include of the class measurements. From these data list specifications of the human power-plant that will be of value in designing a bicycle, a human powered boat or airplane.

Take your heart-rate data and plot it versus the power output at which it was obtained. What conclusions can you draw? Take the heat-rate obtained at different times during a constant power output measurement on the ergometers and plot this as a function of the time in the run. If you have data for more than one steady state power level, plot all of the data on the same graph.

How good a power plant are you? Can you compare yourself to another power source such as an internal combustion engine or an electric motor? What can you conclude?