Understanding your heart rate is crucial for more than just reaching optimal fitness–it can also help to reduce injury and ...

Consistently high heart rate may signal dehydration or poor recovery. Resting heart rate indicates fitness; healthy ranges are 60–100 bpm, 40–50 for athletes. Consistently high or very low heart rates ...

Doing easy runs too fast is a common habit among runners, much to the chagrin of coaches everywhere. I know that staying in zone 2 is critical for aerobic development – and after lowering my ‘easy’ ...

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 ...

Stress takes a toll on the mind and the heart. It can impact heart function at a molecular level, triggering increased inflammation and “leading to the release of harmful molecules that contribute to ...

Endurance athletes often have low resting heart rates as a result of intense training, but a new study published in Circulation suggests that a predisposition to prominent bradycardia may be encoded ...

Taking easy runs too fast is a common habit among runners, much to the chagrin of coaches everywhere. I know staying in the zone 2 range is critical for aerobic development, and after lowering my ...