Target Heart Rate and Cardio Monitoring for Safe Workouts

Maintaining a healthy resting heart rate is a key indicator of cardiovascular health, especially during high-intensity HIIT or IVF. Learn how to lower your heart rate while running and evaluate the accuracy of calories burned on heart rate monitors.

How to Exercise After a Heart Bypass

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Jan Sheehan

Heart bypass surgery is the most common type of heart surgery in the United States, according to the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston. The procedure reroutes or “bypasses” blood around blocked arteries to improve blood flow and oxygen to the heart.