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

You glance at your heart rate monitor during a tough run and an unusually high number jumps out at you. Should you be excited or concerned?

Sitting quietly at your desk, watching TV, or lying in bed at night, your heart should be taking it easy – beating steadily and calmly at somewhere between 60 and 80 beats per minute for most healthy ...

Whether due to stress or an intense cardio workout, most of us have felt our heart racing from time to time. A rise in your heart rate can be perfectly normal given outside circumstances. However, ...

Taking easy runs too fast is a common habit among runners, much to the chagrin of coaches everywhere. I know staying in the ...

Our hearts beat faster when we exercise, which is why heart rate training can be so useful. But when we aren’t doing anything, our heart rate can still be useful to know. If you have a wearable that ...

Forget the 10,000-step myth! New research suggests combining your daily step count with heart rate data offers a better ...