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 ...

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 ...

Cardiologists and athletes often monitor heartbeats as a way to gauge health or fitness. But the most popular formula used to calculate maximum heart rate is inaccurate for women because it's based on ...

Researchers say the decades-old formula for calculating maximum heart rate, which is used by trainers and built into exercise equipment, is inaccurate for women. Rather than subtracting their age from ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

Not that it was ever unpopular, but it’s fair to say that running is going through somewhat of a renaissance right now. Data released by Sport England in April of this year revealed that 250,000 more ...

Cardio exercise is important for a healthy heart and weight loss. Check with your doctor before beginning exercise if you have any medical conditions or are pregnant. When doing cardio, you should be ...

As I referenced last week, one of the tests I've used to enhance human performance, under medical supervision (cardiac nurse and cardiologist interpretation), is the Cardiopulmonary Stress Test (CPX).

Thanks to the proliferation of smartwatches and fitness trackers, it’s never been easier to log your heart rate while running: Simply don the device, start your workout, and watch those beats per ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist explains why a lower resting heart rate can be a good sign of heart ...