{"id":965412,"date":"2026-11-10T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/965412\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:30:18","slug":"he-walked-7-6-km-at-55-but-his-heart-rate-barely-rose-hyderabad-doctor-explains-how-low-intensity-walking-benefits-heart-health-and-overall-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/965412\/","title":{"rendered":"He walked 7.6 km at 55, but his heart rate barely rose: Hyderabad doctor explains how low-intensity walking benefits heart health and overall fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: inherit; list-style: none; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: inherit; color: inherit; display: block;\">His post attracted several interesting responses. One commenter, who described himself as a weekend runner with an interest in yoga and calisthenics, asked whether ApoB, Lp(a), fasting insulin, HbA1c, hs-CRP and vitamin D were useful tests for a cardiac health assessment. Dr Kumar replied that these tests were useful. However, the need for each test depends on individual health risks and should be discussed with a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Another user, concerned about a resting heart rate of 95-100 bpm, asked how long it took Dr Kumar to notice a difference after starting running.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor replied that he began running around six years ago. Changes in heart rate became noticeable within six months and continued improving over time.<\/p>\n<p>A different commenter shared that he walked 5 km daily and credited the doctor&#8217;s posts for inspiring him.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a question about whether the watch&#8217;s heart-rate reading was accurate. That is worth considering. Wearable devices can provide useful estimates, but their readings are not medical measurements. One day&#8217;s average heart rate cannot establish cardiovascular fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His post attracted several interesting responses. One commenter, who described himself as a weekend runner with an interest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49,48,407,84,329301,329300,120426,16119],"class_list":["post-965412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-heart-rate-and-walking","tag-low-intensity-walking","tag-walking-vs-running","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}