Training intensity - Fat burn 65% of max heart rate ???

<BertieBigBollox DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On the cross-trainer machines I use its got Fat Burn listed as 65% of
> max heart rate with Cardio as 80% of max heart rate. Also listed that
> 65% for my age is about 130bpm.
>
> Question is :- Is this really the best rate to exercise at to burn
> fat?
>
> Why isnt a higher heart rate better? If I'm exercising at a higher
> rate am I burning less fat then?
>
> The thing is thats a pretty low heart rate - when I try to stick to
> this it leaves the machine on the lowest setting and is always telling
> me to slow down...

To the best of my knowledge, the good thing about exercising at lower
intensity for cardio and fat-burning purposes is pretty simple - you can
keep it up for longer, and if you can keep it up for longer, you burn
more calories and/or you get more cardio exercise.

Exercising at 130 bpm wouldn't feel like much exercise to me - go for
the higher percentage most of the time.

Keep in mind that variety is good, so perhaps one day per week at 65-70%
and another at more than 80% could work well for you.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com
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Hobbes <khobman800.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> writes:

> In article <87veaf24w8.fsf.DeleteThis@workhorse.earlhome>,
> Jason Earl <jearl.DeleteThis@xmission.com> wrote:
>> 400m is a good distance, and 90 seconds isn't much rest. If you get
>> to the point where you can run 400m sprints with a minute and a half
>> rest and still feel like you have something left in the tank then I
>> want to know about it. That would definitely give me something to
>> shoot for.
>>
>> Jason
>
> Obviously I'm going at a training pace, not a competition pace.

It wasn't obvious to me apparently . I just figured that you were
some sort of super hero.

After hearing how much you can clean, I wouldn't be surprised at all
to hear that you can pound out 400m sprints with little rest.

Seriously though, part of the reason that I hang out here is that I
really don't have much of a feel for what is actually possible when it
comes to athletics. The only people that I know that are physically
active are the ones that I personally have convinced to exercise.

> But I'm sure not there yet.

Fitness is a journey, not a destination, grasshopper.

Jason
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"Jason Earl" <jearl.TakeThisOut@xmission.com> wrote in message
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> Hobbes <khobman800.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> In article <87veaf24w8.fsf.TakeThisOut@workhorse.earlhome>,
>> Jason Earl <jearl.TakeThisOut@xmission.com> wrote:
>>> 400m is a good distance, and 90 seconds isn't much rest. If you get
>>> to the point where you can run 400m sprints with a minute and a half
>>> rest and still feel like you have something left in the tank then I
>>> want to know about it. That would definitely give me something to
>>> shoot for.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>> Obviously I'm going at a training pace, not a competition pace.
>
> It wasn't obvious to me apparently . I just figured that you were
> some sort of super hero.
>
> After hearing how much you can clean, I wouldn't be surprised at all
> to hear that you can pound out 400m sprints with little rest.
>
> Seriously though, part of the reason that I hang out here is that I
> really don't have much of a feel for what is actually possible when it
> comes to athletics. The only people that I know that are physically
> active are the ones that I personally have convinced to exercise.
>
>> But I'm sure not there yet.
>
> Fitness is a journey, not a destination, grasshopper.
>
> Jason

Running 5 minute miles for a marthon, Walking 7 minute miles for 31 miles.
twice body weight for CJ or bench is not too difficult. 5 times body weight
for leg press not too demanding.

Bob
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