Age is one of the biggest factors affecting heart rate, particularly because maximum heart rate decreases with age as connective tissues become less flexible and the body's ability to vasoconstrict and vasodilate blood vessels is reduced.
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“age is one of the biggest factors that impacts heart rate as we get older in particular maximum heart rate goes down this is in response to the fact that our connective tissues become less and less flexible as we get older so heart rate comes down and the body's ability to shunt blood around by vasoconstricting and vasodilating our blood vessels and arteries is reduced”
Created: 8/13/2026, 10:26:22 AM
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