The new Apple Watch heart monitor dominated the health news cycle last week. If you were lucky and spent last week on a secluded beach with no internet access (a girl can dream), you might have missed the news that the new Apple Watch Series 4 includes an FDA-cleared heart monitor function with an electrocardiogram… Read More »
Want to get the most out of your cardiovascular training program? Don’t just train harder, train smarter with max heart rate training. Knowing your max heart rate and working within targeted heart rate zones is the way to get the most out of your training, bar none. I recommend investing in a heart rate monitor… Read More »
Drew Calver took out his trash cans and then waved goodbye to his wife, Erin, as she left for the grocery store the morning that upended his picture-perfect life. Minutes later, the popular high school history teacher and swim coach in Austin, Texas, collapsed in his bedroom from a heart attack. He pounded his fist… Read More »
The prospect of our cognitive abilities diminishing as we age is very scary, especially since we don’t yet know how to reverse the effects of dementia. But what if there were simple guidelines that might prevent you from ever developing dementia? According to new research, these actually exist, although they were not initially devised to… Read More »