For people in their late teens, a heart rate of 200 while exercising may be within the range of their maximum heart rate (MHR) while exercising. But for people in other age groups and those who may ...

If you own a wearable fitness tracker, you’ve likely seen a category referring to your resting heart rate. As the name implies, it measures the number of times your heart beats per minute while you’re ...

A study challenges the idea that “more exercise is always better,” revealing how elite cyclists may burn through their daily heartbeats faster. This raises new questions about the fine line between ...

Choosing your pace based on the physiological transition from easy to hard is more effective than calculations based on ...

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 ...

A resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm) is considered normal for most people, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). If your resting heart rate is over 100 bpm, you ...

Resting heart rate — the number of times your heart beats per minute when you’re sitting still — is an important vital sign. Doctors measure it to check how your body is functioning, and the number ...