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heart rate Fat burn vs. Fitness

petemeep
petemeep Posts: 62 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I usually end up in the fitness level for a majority of the time I'm running. Does this mean I'm not burning fat, but I'm still burning calories? So in the fitness level you're still losing weight right? Can someone explain this to me?

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    No. Those ranges are incredibly misleading. You burn a slightly higher percentage of calories from fat in the "fat burning zone" but you burn higher overall calories in the "fitness zone" which makes the total number of calories from fat burned higher in the fitness zone.

    Here's a better explanation than I could express easily:
    http://exercise.about.com/od/weightloss/a/The-Truth-About-The-Fat-Burning-Zone.htm
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    Yeah. Pay no attention to the ridiculously-slow-fat-burning-zone thingie... I'd have to be doing nothing but walking to keep my heart rate there. Burn the calories and they'll always be from a combination of fat and glycogen.
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