The target heart rate is how fast the heart should beat during physical activity. Calculating the target heart rate and comparing it with the actual heart rate can help a person work out if their ...

The more insight you possess for your workouts, the more successful they become. That's why it's important to understand how to calculate your fat-burning heart rate and then implement this knowledge ...

It’s not often you hear someone ask what heart rate zone you’re running in, even if you’re clearly wearing the latest heart rate monitor or activity- tracking tech. But with heart rate data more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

What Does a High Resting Heart Rate Mean? The ups and downs of HRV can be so tricky to navigate, in fact, that most doctors, even cardiologists, don’t factor it into treatment plans for their patients ...

The metric is available on most fitness trackers. Here’s what it means. By Talya Minsberg You just finished a long, hard bike ride. But how hard was it, exactly? That depends on what you measure: How ...

Ideas about aerobic endurance training split the fitness world in two groups, those who prefer lifting and higher-intensity training and those who do more cardio training (run, swim, bike, etc.).

Measuring heart health isn’t only for those who've had heart failure, but also critical for those with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Heart rate variability is a key measure of heart health. As you ...