fat burning exercise???

heavy lifting works best for me. Running and cardio is more endurance and big calorie burners
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Any cardio that will get you into your fat burning heart rate zone. I would suggest getting a heart rate monitor and determining what type of intensity you need to work at. If you work out to hard and get your heart rate to high you will likely be burning more muscle. Their are sweet spots to work out at depending on your goals fast paced walking or light jogging are usually sufficient to get you into that zone.

And no, lifting will not make you muscly, it depends on your intensity and diet. Lifting can be a great toning and fat burning routine.

Any cardio that will get you into your fat burning heart rate zone. I would suggest getting a heart rate monitor and determining what type of intensity you need to work at. If you work out to hard and get your heart rate to high you will likely be burning more muscle. Their are sweet spots to work out at depending on your goals fast paced walking or light jogging are usually sufficient to get you into that zone.

And no, lifting will not make you muscly, it depends on your intensity and diet. Lifting can be a great toning and fat burning routine.

this is complete myth.

if a high heartrate burned muscle then every sprinter should be much less muscled than long distance runners as they are always training with a stupid high heartrate right?

And fat burning zone is a myth too. if it were true then sitting on your *kitten* all day would be the best exercise program ever because when you sit on your *kitten* all day, 100% of your calorie burning is done from your fat stores. So it would make sense than people who sit on their *kitten* all day and do nothing else ever must be the least fat people....

You can do the BEST "fat burning exercise".

However, if you don't eat properly ie, eat more calories than spend. Your fat will remain or even grow.

All of them.

Exercise in and of itself does not burn any fat. That said the best way to lose fat without losing muscle it to have a reasonable caloric deficit, not too large. You can achieve this with or without cardio. Cals in vs. cals out for weight loss, but if you don't want to lose muscle the in should not be too far under the out.

To ensure a large % of your loss is fat, take part in a heavy or moderately heavy strength training routine, and get adequate protein. The strength training and protein will ensure that you don't lose much muscle along with the fat.

Caloric deficit leads to weight loss (diet alone can do this)
Strength training and adequate protein in a caloric deficit leads to muscle retention.
End result lose fat, not just weight.

whats the best exercise for burning fat?

running on tredmill makes me slightly dizzy although i give it my best shot! but i have noticed that changing the gradient higher and walking very fast burns lots of calories...according to the tredmill.

whats everyones advice and also whats your fat burning technique?

Im doing light weights for example with lunges and squats.. will these help burn a bit of fat too?

Fork put downs.:laugh: Fat loss is due to calorie deficit. You don't even need to exercise doing it.
But if you want to take advantage of a better metabolic rate, I would suggest HIIT training.


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Any cardio that will get you into your fat burning heart rate zone. I would suggest getting a heart rate monitor and determining what type of intensity you need to work at. If you work out to hard and get your heart rate to high you will likely be burning more muscle. Their are sweet spots to work out at depending on your goals fast paced walking or light jogging are usually sufficient to get you into that zone.

And no, lifting will not make you muscly, it depends on your intensity and diet. Lifting can be a great toning and fat burning routine.

Fat burning zone is a myth. While fat may be utilized more during low intensity exercise, unless one is doing extra long duration, it's insignificant when compared to doing a higher intensity exercise that burns more calories for the same duration.
And burning muscle would take putting the body into a catabolic mode which usually won't happen in an hour or two of exercise.

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I think it gets super confusing. The advice my trainer gave me is to do three sessions of at least 45 minutes in duration a week of sustained cardio - like walking fast or eliptical or something - that keeps my heart rate in the 'aerobic' zone to help with fat burn. Then I hit it harder the other days to push my limits and build power.

It helps with calorie burn. What most trainers don't know is that you burn more fat sleeping than any hour long cardio session.

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I am no sprinter but I can tell you that I cannot maintain an exercise for very long pushing my heart rate to far into my aerobic zone. When I exercise I try to keep it in the 140-150s and than I can make it through an hour. Just by watching my food and heart rate I have been able to drop over 40 pounds since January 1 and I have gone from 27% body fat to around 20%. This is what worked for me but I am no professional trainer.

If the intent isn't to be a sprinter or fast runner in endurance, then of course one won't train that way. Like any other sport, unless you're conditioned to do it, then it's going to be difficult.
You've done what you feel confident and comfortable doing to achieve what you have. That's part of the battle. Keep it up.
You're just receiving correct information now instead of misinformation being touted by many including the fitness industry.

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