HRV: Most Important Metric for your Fitness and Health
How can you measure both your health and fitness? One metric can do that for you, called HRV(heart rate variability). Read more about it.
Tag: heart health
WHICH CARDIO IS BEST FOR YOUR HEALTH, LISS OR HIIT?
I have been diving into cardiovascular training again and wanted to go deeper in this blog compared to my last cardio blog, CARDIO FOR HEART HEALTH, NOT FAT LOSS. There are many forms of cardio with LISS and HIIT being one of the most popular. LISS stands for Low-Intensity Steady State cardio and HIIT stands for High-Intensity Interval Training. There is a big difference between these two modalities, the biggest…
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW MIGHT KILL YOU
Blood pressure is vital for life. Without blood pressure, your body would not be able to send oxygen and nutrients throughout the body or remove waste. Blood is able to flow through your body because of the difference in pressure. Blood pressure is dependent on 2 mechanisms: The heart creates maximum pressure when it pumps blood out. The physical properties of your arteries are important to maintain that pressure…
Cardio for Heart Health, not Fat Loss
Cardio sucks. Sorry to all the cardio bunnies out there who love it, but seriously cardio sucks. I know others feel the same way about it, and like them I used to believe cardio was this activity you did to get your heart rate up, breathing heavily, dripping sweat, and looking at your time to see if you are done. What I have come to learn is that there…