Heart rate zones represent different percentages of your maximum heart rate. They can help guide the intensity and effectiveness of your workouts. The benefits of exercise are widespread and include ...

If you're a lifelong powerlifter or bodybuilder, there's a good chance you're more concerned about growing your glutes, carving your core, or building your biceps than boosting your VO2 max. But for ...

Calculate your target heart rate zone and work to stay in the middle of that zone while you’re doing your cardio. Here’s how you do it: According to the American Heart Association, a person’s target ...

Fitness programs can be built around just about anything. CrossFit is based on the philosophy that constantly varied movements performed with moderate intensity improve physical competence. Yoga is ...

There are times people come and ask me why they are not improving. I typically have two questions: 1. Are you eating a sensible diet? 2. Are you working hard enough? To work your heart and lungs and ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Zone 2 training is a type of cardio exercise where you use your heart rate as a guide to help you find the right intensity for your ...

If you have been putting in some serious time on the treadmill, but you aren’t seeing the results you want it might be because you are not training in your target heart rate zone. By training in your ...

Slow running has been emerging as an unexpected way to run faster over long distances. Easy, conversational-pace runs can ...