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.

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, ...

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 ...

Taking easy runs too fast is a common habit among runners, much to the chagrin of coaches everywhere. I know staying in the zone 2 range is critical for aerobic development, and after lowering my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you wear a fitness tracker, you’ve likely seen a stat labeled “HRV” pop up on your screen. But what does it mean, and does it ...

Numerous studies have shown COVID infection ups the risk of heart problems, including heart attacks, strokes, damage to the ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

The path to better heart health might just run through your wrist. Scientists at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have developed a new way to assess cardiovascular fitness using ...

The fitness world is buzzing about a game-changing approach to heart health monitoring that goes beyond traditional metrics. Daily Heart Rate Per Step (DHRPS) combines two measurements most smartwatch ...

Doing easy runs too fast is a common habit among runners, much to the chagrin of coaches everywhere. I know that staying in zone 2 is critical for aerobic development – and after lowering my ‘easy’ ...