Is my heart rate too high when exercising?

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  • ckmama
    ckmama Posts: 1,668 Member
    The more I workout the harder it is to get my heart rate to stay between 130-150.

    On a side note, My sister tried to use my Polar HRM while walking one day and it never would pick up her heart rate and when it did it was really high. She never exercises and decided to stop at that point. LOL>
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    >>I wondered if maybe this is restricting my weight loss though if I'm working
    >>in the anaerobic zone too much of the time rather than
    >>the fat-loss zone.. the whole thing confuses me!!

    The so called zones are a complete distraction. At the end of the day it's a question of what (healthy) calorie deficit you run. The way cardio works is intenstity x duration = total calorie burn.

    high intensity will give you a greater calorie burn for any given duration over a lower intensity... but can you sustain it for similar durations when they might be significant. A sprint doesnt last as long as a marathon.

    I personally like variety. I do most of my cardio at a medium intensity for a medium duration (30-40min for me) which gives me moderate calorie burn. I have typically 1 day a week where I do high intensity intervals , so the time of the high intensity is much reduced , because the duration is shorter, it is fairly comparable in total calorie burn to a 'moderate day'. I also do a longer lower intensity day, typically the intensity isnt all that much lower than moderate so it tends to be my biggest overall calorie burn. (though it is a greater time commitment to run for an hour or more)

    Hope that helped to give you some things to consider.
  • shawnap40
    shawnap40 Posts: 1 Member
    I am 41 and when I excersice my heart rate goes to 197 and I end up with a headache after..
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Zone training has long been debunked.

    I would be curious if you could qualify that with the research that says zone training has long been debunked?
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Zone training has long been debunked.

    I would be curious if you could qualify that with the research that says zone training has long been debunked?

    I would assume the reference was to the "fat burning zone".

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