Fat burn and endorphins

i've burned quite a bit of fat over the years, and don't have a clue about fat burning mode. I dont think its necessary to be in a specific fat burning mode for any length of time to burn fat. Cut calories, clean up your diet and you'll burn off way more fat than you can while exercising. you can't ever out run a bad diet.

regarding the good hormones, you mean endorphins? for me those hit around after i hit about 2 miles of jogging or after a really good heavy weight lifting workout.

Endorphins are commonly associated with 'runner's high'. I have experienced them on some runs - yes, they were longer runs. A lot of people experience them as 'second wind' when you get that sudden feeling of energy after feeling tired. There's no tried and tested way to get them for every person. For me, the first mile is the roughest and then after that I get into my groove. That 'endorphin' feeling tends to come after about 40 minutes when I suddenly feel very powerful, energetic, like the running is effortless and I can go forever. It's nice, but there are other ways to enjoy exercising, like doing something you like, such as swimming.

Monarose wrote: »

I have heard that to really get into fat burning mode you have to go hard for a minimum of 30 minutes or longer. Is this true and is everything done before hand really nominal. In addition at what point are you releasing all those good hormones. New to this again and really trying to get into the science of all it. Any positive input would be helpful.

Nah, that's nonsense. It is a distortion of the fact that your body tends to use more carbohydrate than fat in the initial stages of exercise but if you exercise for longer at a lower intensity your body normally use a greater proportion of fat than carbs. It's not worth worrying about. Focus on doing what you like and racking up total calories burned.

blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »

Endorphins are commonly associated with 'runner's high'. I have experienced them on some runs - yes, they were longer runs. A lot of people experience them as 'second wind' when you get that sudden feeling of energy after feeling tired. There's no tried and tested way to get them for every person. For me, the first mile is the roughest and then after that I get into my groove. That 'endorphin' feeling tends to come after about 40 minutes when I suddenly feel very powerful, energetic, like the running is effortless and I can go forever. It's nice, but there are other ways to enjoy exercising, like doing something you like, such as swimming.

That has been my experience as well.