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Does what a person is wearing during exercise affect their heart rate?

What exercise might be done?

Swimming

Skiing

Cycling

Gymnastics

High jump

Grid iron

Team Sports

What is usually worn at professional levels during these sports?

Matching uniforms suitable for the sport

Hydrodynamic suits

Snow Jacket and Snow Pants

Lycra

Leotards

protective pads

fitting,light stretchy, tight clothing

What purpose does this serve?

So you can tell whose on your team

Make you go faster

Keep you warm

Make you go faster

Aerodynamic and wont get caught on apparatus'

Aerodynamic and wont knock the bar off

Protects from injury

Could wearing jeans and a jumper instead of this alter heart rate?

Yes, your heart might beat faster as when you get stressed out looking for people on you team

Yes, you might have to work a lot harder to move through water.

Yes, your heart might be pumping more blood around the body to keep you warm.

Yes, its not as aerodynamic so it might slow you down causing you and your heart to work harder to go faster.

Yes, heart might race if you are nervous that the clothes may cause you to injure yourself

Yes, you might have to work harder just running up to the bar and trying to jump.

Yes, you might be panicking that you'll get crushed.