When you stop exercising, your heart does not immediately come back to its normal resting rate. The heart returns to its normal rhythm at a gradual pace, during a process called heart rate recovery ...

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 ...

Many data-driven runners have a grasp on common heart rate metrics, like resting heart rate, maximum heart rate and heart rate zones. But there’s another, often undervalued data point worth keeping ...

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