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How Do I Lower My Heart Rate?
A rapid pulse rate happens occasionally. When it happens, there are ways you can calm your racing heart. Your heart rate measures not only your cardiac fitness but your overall well-being, too. A regular resting heart rate between 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm) means your heart is functioning as it should. Yet each