The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of health- related physical fitness programmes that are covered in the academic programme of physical education department on the Heart rate of sedentary students. Twenty sedentary male students studying in different colleges of the Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University Nanded, Maharashtra (India) had attended the study voluntarily the mean age of these students were 20.3 + 2.66, height were 172.33 + 5.99 cm. the weight were 69.29 + 4.01 Kg.Tests at the beginning of 2009-2010 academic year in this study, resting heart rate were taken from the sedentary students. The applied programme was planned for twelve weeks, 5 days a week and for 60 minutes a day, as the statistical techniques. Mean scores and standard division were take and paired t-test was applied. The significant effects on resting heart rate (t=4.44, p<.05) was found in sedentary students. According to the result, I conclude that health- related physical fitness programme in physical education department is academic programme.It is are not only beneficial to increase the cardio respiratory function and to improve physical fitness of sedentary students but also decrease the heart rate of students . The study provides a platform for further research in the field of physical education.