heart rate

noun

: the rate at which the heart beats
Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.

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Regular exercise trains your muscles to pull oxygen from your blood, which reduces heart rate, inflammation and stress. Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025 However, running or walking at pace at an incline on a treadmill didn't necessarily change how much effort my body was putting into the movement – if heart rate is anything to go by. New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025 To estimate your optimal heart rate zone for exercise, start by subtracting your age from 220 to get your maximum heart rate. Cyra-Lea Drummond, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025 The Reebok Smart Ring includes heart rate tracking, sleep quality, activity levels, recovery statistics, and more. PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heart rate

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Medical Definition

heart rate

noun
: a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as number of beats per minute see maximum heart rate
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