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 ...

Many data-driven runners have a grasp on common heart rate metrics, like resting heart rate, maximum heart rate and heart rate zones. But there’s another, often undervalued data point worth keeping ...

To maintain heart health, Dr. Obuobi recommends 30 minutes of moderate exercise weekly. Monitoring heart rate is essential, ...

VO2max is a measure of cardiovascular fitness, and many watches and fitness trackers can estimate it for you. Here's what you ...

Low intensity heart exercising can help improve your endurance, though it may take longer to achieve your fitness goals than traditional high heart rate training. You may have read or heard that to ...

When you track a strength training workout on a fitness watch, that watch will happily tell you what heart rate zones you were in during the workout. In fact, they'll do that for any workout, whether ...

The issue: Many runners (particularly women) report that their fitness trackers tell them they’re exercising in a higher zone ...

Fitness programs can be built around just about anything. CrossFit is based on the philosophy that constantly varied movements performed with moderate intensity improve physical competence. Yoga is ...

You’ve probably heard that regular exercise—whether you’re walking, jogging, riding a bike, or hopping on an elliptical—can help protect your heart. But what about if you already have a cardiovascular ...