A good resting heart rate depends on your age, gender, level of physical fitness, and overall lifestyle. Here's what you need to know.

If your resting heart rate is near or above the limit of what's normal, it could threaten your health. Here are ways to low your heart rate safely.

You’re familiar with the feeling of your heart pounding in your chest, your blood pulsing through your veins with increasing frequency when you’re scared, stressed, or sweating it out at the gym.

If you own a wearable fitness tracker, you’ve likely seen a category referring to your resting heart rate. As the name implies, it measures the number of times your heart beats per minute while you’re ...

Whether brought on by stress, physical activity, or an extra cup of joe in the morning, most of us have all felt our heart rate quicken at one time or another. However, a lower resting heart rate ...

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Only a few wearables deliver accurate heart metrics that can help you make training decisions. A new study reveals which ones measure up.

Resting heart rate — the number of times your heart beats per minute when you’re sitting still — is an important vital sign. Doctors measure it to check how your body is functioning, and the number ...

The inverse relation between resting heart rate and maximal oxygen consumption is directly correlated with physical fitness and adiposity. Resting heart rate is a biomarker for fitness and, therefore, ...

We used Oura Advisor to assess heart rate trend over four weeks with the Oura Ring 4, and here are the results so far.

Dear B.L.: You are exactly right that a slow heart rate in an athlete is normally the sign of a healthy heart. However, you ...