... Hi Jess, yes muscle is the key to losing weight but the muscle you must exercise now is your heart. Doing cardio and getting your heart rate fast enough to reach your target heart rate through entering the fat burning zone is the key to burning calories both during and after your cardio routine. ... (6 replies)
... Hi, yes it will be much more effective for you if you do a straight 40 minutes without stopping. The trick for weight loss is to keep a steady heart rate while your heart is beating fast enough in the fat burning zone for a minimum of 30 minutes.A simple way to determine the fat burning zone is 220 minus age X . ... (1 replies)
... area!!so confused.. smile! But If my heart rate is up and am sweating is that a good sign that am burning fat? ... (33 replies)
... The reason I put all these heart rate "zones" into quotes is that they are a little bit misleading. You are still going to burn CALORIES no matter which zone you are in... ... (33 replies)
... I wasn't barely moving. I'm not a good example because I do take asthma meds and that raises my heart rate and the fact that I'm always full of energy for some reason that increases my heart rate. ... (33 replies)
... bluehen and jv109 am i doing this formula right to find out my fat burning zone? ... (33 replies)
... I'm not an expert but I've started HR training myself. I've been reading a book regarding heart rate training. He uses the Karvonen method to compute target heart rate zones. This formula incorporates your resting heart rate along with your maximum heart rate. ... (33 replies)
... Hey frustrated35, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you figure out your fat burning zone by tsking 220-your age x 60%-70% (33 replies)
... My trainer told me my what my fat burning zone is. ... (33 replies)
... I was told by my trainer that for me to burn fat and not muscle that I would need to stay within my fat burning zone. ... (33 replies)
... your maximum heart rate and anaerobic threshold may be considerably different from the estimates. If you can sustain a heart rate of 160 for a long duration, then that means that your anaerobic threshold is greater than that. ... (3 replies)
... MHR area for maximum fat burning. ... (3 replies)
... minutes, you're getting significant fat burning potential. Just make sure you've addressed your diet as well. ... (2 replies)
... If someone has a low resting heart rate does that effect the fat burning and cardio zone equations. for example my resting rate is in mid 50s and even hard exercise i can usually only get to 140. ... (2 replies)
... Absolutely not. Here's the thing with "fat burning zones". ... (2 replies)
... When I am on the treadmill at the gym, I typically select "random" mode to change inclines every 10 seconds or so. This causes my heart rate to not "maintain" but go up and down, but always at least at or ABOVE target, never below. ... (2 replies)
... and sometimes muscle at all heart rate "zones". The percentages just change as it goes up and down. It's not an easy answer, but there is an explanation. ... (2 replies)
... I agree with you. I have read on various walking sites that it's better for fat burning to stay in the lower heart rate zone and do more distance than speed and have read the opposite too on other webpages. ... (2 replies)
... There's lot of confliciting information regarding heart zones and exercise. Some say lower zones burn fat, higher burns glucose and all zones burn calories. ... (2 replies)
... is a good range. If you go higher than that, it's ok as long as you don't have any heart or blood pressure issues. ... (2 replies)
