If you're a lifelong powerlifter or bodybuilder, there's a good chance you're more concerned about growing your glutes, carving your core, or building your biceps than boosting your VO2 max. But for ...

Heart rate zones represent different percentages of your maximum heart rate. They can help guide the intensity and effectiveness of your workouts. The benefits of exercise are widespread and include ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

You likely know the importance of zone 2 training—low-intensity miles that are the foundation of distance running plans. The challenge? Finding your personal zone 2 range, and sticking to it. That’s ...

If you’ve ever worried about your heart rate during exercise being too high or too low, you’ll want to read this. Your "heart rate zones" might be completely wrong. Not only are zones defined ...

Your heart rate can tell you a lot about your fitness and cardiovascular health. Your heart beats consistently, day in and day out, but you may not generally pay close attention to it. You might take ...

In general, faster recovery rates indicate better health conditions for your heart. The balance of your nervous system between exercise 'fight or flight' responses and post-exercise 'rest and digest' ...

Background: Heart rate and heart rate variability, markers of cardiac autonomic function, have been linked with cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether heart rate and heart rate variability ...

When you work out, your heart beats faster, especially if you are exercising for an extended period of time or at a higher intensity. This helps your heart pump blood to your muscles so they can do ...