do you ignore 'fat burning zones'

snowy0wl

there seems to be a lot of corrective postings about heart rate. it seems the going advice is to go as fast as you can as long as you can. I'm assuming up to excluding the stage where you start building lactic acid. Is this the advice you follow totally ignoring 'fat burning/arobic' zones.

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/the-truth-about-heart-rate-and-exercise?page=2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-spector-md/weight-loss-strategy_b_1499874.html

etc

bonniejo

Ignore fat burning zones. If you burn 300 calories, 50% from fat (150 cal from fat) or 600 calories, 35% from fat (210 calories from fat) where did you burn more fat? I guess if you have all day, it might be worth it, but for most of us it's best to go as hard as you can

SergeantSausage

There is no real "fat burning zone", at least as it exists in popular culture and in the minds of most folks.

There is only "calorie burning zone" ... and that is basically the "any movement" zone, with varying degrees of burn rate and fuel mixtures.

Its really quite a simple recipe: Move. Burn calories. Burn enough to maintain your targeted deficit. Lose weight. Success!

Don't worry about zones. They are unnecessary complication.

BWBTrish

snowy0wl wrote: »

there seems to be a lot of corrective postings about heart rate. it seems the going advice is to go as fast as you can as long as you can. I'm assuming up to excluding the stage where you start building lactic acid. Is this the advice you follow totally ignoring 'fat burning/arobic' zones.

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/the-truth-about-heart-rate-and-exercise?page=2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-spector-md/weight-loss-strategy_b_1499874.html

etc

Very interesting article
that study would mean that while your losing weight you preserve muscle ( well doing it the right way of course lol)

I sure have to over think it all. English is not my mother language so any takers/opinions on this i would love.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10204826

snowy0wl

Yay I love learning about new aspects.. Now I have to figure out what to do with my high resting heart rate. lol.

BWBTrish

lol like said to a doctor

snowy0wl

yep. it's 11pm. I'll get to it soon!

ninerbuff

The fat burning "zone", happens best when you rest and sleep. Truth since 100% of the energy burned at this time is from fat (unless there's alcohol in your system).

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snowy0wl

ninerbuff, thanks for chiming in. Do you agree with the process of if you burn slower you % wise burn more fat calories,, but if you do high intense exercise that uses up all you free glucose from muscle and fat, if you don't eat or consume alcohol it will retrieve it from fat stores? (maybe you are saying the same thing.

ninerbuff

Calorie deficit is what encourages fat burn best. Moderate cardio (low intensity) does nothing to help increase RMR like HIIT would do. And a higher RMR burns more fat calories at rest. So whatever one could do to raise RMR should be the goal if they want to burn fat more efficiently.

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Mr_Knight

snowy0wl wrote: »

there seems to be a lot of corrective postings about heart rate. it seems the going advice is to go as fast as you can as long as you can.

You aren't going to burn much that way, because peak intensity can only be maintained for ~20 seconds. You'll burn the same number of calories running the same distance at a slower pace, plus you won't blow out your internal batteries, meaning you can run further, burning even more calories.

snowy0wl

I"m not aiming to do my maximal to cause lactic acid build up. I guess what would be considered 'aerobic zone' ..

I'm no where near fit anyway to run that fast. I'm just planning for future running to burn as much calories as possible rather than going slow and easy.

neanderthin

Yeah, worrying about how much fat you burned when doing a particular exercise is like worrying about how much muscle you build during a weight lifting session. Neither has any real meaning generally speaking, unless you crossfit, then POW your in the zone....j/k. Focus on you overall calories and deficit for fat and weight loss.

TimothyFish

I ignore the zones. For the most part, I don't even look at my heart rate when exercising, even though I wear a heart rate monitor. I listen to what my muscles are telling me. I can usually tell if I'm exercising at a level that I can sustain for a few hours or if I'm pushing myself so hard that I'll have to quit after a few minutes.