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 ...

You likely know the importance of zone 2 training—low-intensity miles that are the foundation of distance running plans. The challenge? Finding your personal zone 2 range, and sticking to it. That’s ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

To live is to have a heartbeat, which is why it makes sense for us living things to have a good understanding of our ticker. It’s well-known science that our hearts beat faster when we exercise and ...

From Apple Watches to Fitbits to treadmills, there are more ways than ever for people to keep up with their vitals. So why does so much fitness tech check your pulse? Because your resting heart rate ...

Back into fitness after a multi-month hiatus, I was looking for all the help I could get. I agonized over which wearable to commit to (read: procrastinated my first exercise session as long as ...