We know burning calories is essential for weight loss, but how can you be sure you're expending enough energy to reach your goals? Monitoring your heart rate is key, as your beats per minute (BPM) ...

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Fitness trackers and smartwatches can make it easier to stay in your heart rate training zones. (Getty Creative) Forget the guesswork — fitness just got easier to master. As fitness trackers grow in ...

Knowing your max heart rate can help you in dial in your training, as it guides your target training zones, cluing you in on when to step on the gas and when to pull back on your efforts. In order to ...

Understanding our body’s target heart rate zones and how they change as we age is crucial for getting the most out of our workouts. If your goal is to burn fat, for example, you’ll want to stay in ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

The beat is intensifying. Every new electronic device these days – from your phone to your watch to your ring – seems to want ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...