Tag: fitness tracker

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts: Track Your Heart Rate for Fitness and Heart Health

Q: How does tracking your heart rate provide information about your heart health? A: Checking your heart rate at rest and with exercise can provide information about your fitness level and may suggest a heart problem if your pulse is too slow, too fast or irregular. Three good times to check your heart rate are…


Fitness Trackers Encourage Us to Walk 40 Minutes More Each Day

Researchers have found in the first review of its kind that clocking miles on fitness trackers, pedometers, and smart watches increases physical activity and encourages users to walk up to 40 minutes more each day, resulting in an average of one kg (2.2 lb) of weight loss over five months. The findings from the University…