Fat Burning or cardio??

nickiw68
nickiw68 Posts: 71
edited October 1 in Fitness and Exercise
Is it better to be in the fat burning or the cardio area of the machines at the gym???

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  • mindysreadyforchange
    mindysreadyforchange Posts: 103 Member
    Oh that is an excellent question that I have wondered the same thing! Sorry I am no help! But cannot wait for the answer.

    mindy
  • Fat_2_Fit_Mommy
    Fat_2_Fit_Mommy Posts: 569 Member
    bump
  • Egger29
    Egger29 Posts: 14,741 Member
    Thre is an inverse proportion between exercise intensity and %age of calories burned from fat.

    Eg. If you are working at 25% intentisy....you'll burn 75% of your calories from fat/ If you're working at 75% intensity...you'll burn 25% of your calories from fat.

    The thing is...at the higher Intensity, you'll burn MORE TOTAL CALORIES..

    Your 25% workout might burn 50 calories....75% of which is 37.5.
    Your 75% workou might burn 300 Calories....25% of which is 75,

    So at the higher intensity you'll still burn more fat calories than at the lower zones.

    Get your heart rate up and you'll get the full benefits through your entire body./
  • nickiw68
    nickiw68 Posts: 71
    On the cross trainers and treadmills they have little lights that light up and tell you when you are in the fat burning area and the cardio area? Does that make sense???
  • Egger29
    Egger29 Posts: 14,741 Member
    Yes. Just aim for the "Cardio" light in that case. You'll get the most out of it.
  • nickiw68
    nickiw68 Posts: 71
    Great thanks for that...understood your second post more than the first!!! But thanks anyway for the info...lol
  • kneeki
    kneeki Posts: 347 Member
    Those machines are amazingly inaccurate when it comes to specifics. The calories burnt and the little graph (what you are referring to) are useless for anyone that uses them. Just aim at going as hard as you can!

    By the way, Cardio = Fat burning. They are almost synonymous.
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