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Oct 27, 2025

3 min

Why does your maximum heart rate go down as you get older?

The well-known formula '220 minus your age' is based on a real physiological phenomenon. As you age, your body undergoes natural changes that cause your maximum heart rate to gradually decrease, regardless of your fitness level. This decline is an inevitable part of the aging process, primarily driven by cellular and hormonal shifts within the cardiovascular system.

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Oct 27, 2025

4 min

Why does a person's heart rate change as they get older?

The human heart beats an estimated 3 billion times over an average lifespan. The simple yet complex answer to why does a person's heart rate change as they get older involves a combination of intrinsic cardiac changes, diminished nerve responsiveness, and structural modifications to the heart and blood vessels.

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