Heart rate naturally increases during exercise, but a consistently high target heart rate can pose dangers. Here are ways to ...

How can you calculate it? It's all about hitting ... experts say you should be getting to 50% to 70% of your maximum heart rate. Intense or strenuous exercise is about 70% to 85% of your maximum ...

Low intensity cardio—sometimes called LISS or “zone 2”—is an underrated form of exercise. It’s finally coming back into ...

Coach David Roche's advice for how to find and set your heart rate zones for heart rate based trail running training.

To know your max heart rate, you need to do a real-world test, not just calculate it from a formula. For example, one formula calculates my max heart rate as 178 beats per minute, and another says ...

A new study has found that VO2 max is a better measure of cardiovascular health than body mass index (BMI). Here's what it is ...

There are other ways to measure VO₂ max. The McArdle step test, also known as the Queens College Step Test, involves stepping ...

“Zone two is ideal for slow training. Whereas zone one is generally considered a warm up, zone two should feel relatively ...

The latest devices don't just count your steps, they can even identify a faulty heartbeat - and tell you when to stop ...

The Rockport Walk Test helps individuals assess their cardiovascular fitness levels. All one has to do is walk a mile at a ...