Fat burning zone

NavajoGirl85

Okay so let's say I work out for 15 minutes. When does your body start burning calories? I have researched that once you get to your fat burning zone you start to lose fat. If you go below its just calories, same for if you go over the range. So my question is, do you burn calories as soon as you start, but only burn fat during the burn zone? Also how do you calculate how many calories burned by using a hrm?

kommodevaran

Your body uses energy 24/7. Your energy expenditure increases when you move. The more you move, the more you burn. It doesn't matter for you where in your body the energy comes from. The message (apart from "buy the book") is "any exercise is good, and the excercise you can keep doing, is even better".

JaydedMiss

Fat is burned through calorie defecit...Their not seperate things. Your body burns calories constantly.

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sijomial

Just think of exercise burning calories and fat loss coming from a calorie deficit and you will be fine.
Don't over complicate things.

NavajoGirl85

Thanks everyone!

ninerbuff

NavajoGirl85 wrote: »

Okay so let's say I work out for 15 minutes. When does your body start burning calories?

You are ALWAYS burning calories. In fact you burn more calories just sitting for 24 hours than you do exercising hard for 1 hour. That's what BMR is.

I have researched that once you get to your fat burning zone you start to lose fat.

No, the "fat burning" zone means you're burning a higher percentage of fat in that zone. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're burning off excess fat.

If you go below its just calories, same for if you go over the range. So my question is, do you burn calories as soon as you start, but only burn fat during the burn zone? Also how do you calculate how many calories burned by using a hrm?

I hate that the fitness industry created this "fat burning zone" dilemma. The TRUTH is you want to try to burn as many calories as you can in ANY duration. If you walked for 30 minutes you might burn 150 calories. If you ran that same duration you might burn double that. Let's say in that 30 minute walk you burned 50 calories of fat, but in the run you burned 90 calories of fat. Not only did you burn more calories, but you burned more fat calories. So the moral of the story is, burn as many calories as you can.
Also, you DO NOT burn excess stored fat calories exercising. Those actual calories are burned when you are at rest and in deficit.


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NavajoGirl85

ninerbuff wrote: »

NavajoGirl85 wrote: »

Okay so let's say I work out for 15 minutes. When does your body start burning calories?

You are ALWAYS burning calories. In fact you burn more calories just sitting for 24 hours than you do exercising hard for 1 hour. That's what BMR is.

I have researched that once you get to your fat burning zone you start to lose fat.

No, the "fat burning" zone means you're burning a higher percentage of fat in that zone. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're burning off excess fat.

If you go below its just calories, same for if you go over the range. So my question is, do you burn calories as soon as you start, but only burn fat during the burn zone? Also how do you calculate how many calories burned by using a hrm?

I hate that the fitness industry created this "fat burning zone" dilemma. The TRUTH is you want to try to burn as many calories as you can in ANY duration. If you walked for 30 minutes you might burn 150 calories. If you ran that same duration you might burn double that. Let's say in that 30 minute walk you burned 50 calories of fat, but in the run you burned 90 calories of fat. Not only did you burn more calories, but you burned more fat calories. So the moral of the story is, burn as many calories as you can.
Also, you DO NOT burn excess stored fat calories exercising. Those actual calories are burned when you are at rest and in deficit.


A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Thanks!