Fitness trackers and smart watches are widely popular wearable devices that measure several types of health metrics, including step count, calories burned, sleep quality, Vo2 max and heart rate. As a ...

That subtle thumping you feel in your wrist or neck is more than just the rhythm of life; it's a vital sign that can offer valuable insights into your heart health. Your resting heart rate (RHR), ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiovascular exercise, also called cardio or aerobic exercise, keeps you and your heart healthy. This specific type of exercise gets your heart rate up and your heart beating faster for several ...

Your pulse is like having a direct line to your heart’s control room, constantly broadcasting information about your cardiovascular health that most people never bother to decode. While everyone knows ...

When you stop exercising, your heart does not immediately come back to its normal resting rate. The heart returns to its normal rhythm at a gradual pace, during a process called heart rate recovery ...

If you own a smartwatch or have been around people who own smartwatches, you may have encountered a metric called HRV, or heart rate variability. On the internet and social media, it certainly seems ...

These days, it may seem like there’s a million different data points that you’re supposed to keep track of—hello, steps, sleep, and recovery scores!—and it’s difficult to know which ones are worth ...

It’s one of your body’s most basic vital signs. Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton The rise of wearable fitness trackers has ...

Your heart rate naturally slows down before you conk out at night to shift your body into a rest and repair state. But everyone moves into this slower heart rate at different speeds, and there’s some ...