Heart rate recovery (HRR) is the capacity for the heart to return to its natural rate after elevation. It generally measures how quickly the heart rate decreases after exercise. Someone’s heart rate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heart rate reserve (HRR) is the difference between your resting heart rate and your maximum heart rate. Knowing this number can help you train and work on your fitness goals. Your heart rate reserve ...

This secret to improving your cardiovascular health and endurance: zone 2 heart rate training. By Rachel MacPherson, C.P.T. Zone 2 cardio rate training means working in one of five heart rate zones at ...

Learn how to calculate target heart rate in a way that actually reflects your physiology, according to a clinical exercise physiologist. I belong to several Facebook fitness groups, and always found ...

If you're fanatical about powerlifting or new to lifting, you're likely more concerned with shoulder workouts and perfecting ...

In the last couple of Pez Toolbox articles, I have discussed the concept of Heart Rate Variability during rest, and how it can be applied to guide your training program – identifying when you are ...