HRM - fat%? Training load?
sarah2954
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I got my first HRM yesterday (polar RCX3 with G5 GPS - LOVE IT!!) and have a few questions.
Yesterday I cycled for 57 minutes, avg HR was 140, it says "fat percentage of calories" was 27%, and "training load" was 96.
Today, I ran for 47 minutes, avg HR was 156, fat percentage of calories was 16% and training load was 114.
What does the percentage mean, that 27% of my calories burned was fat? What about the other 73%? At this point, my goal is fat burning, so should I run slower?
And what is training load? The polar glossary didn't help...
Yesterday I cycled for 57 minutes, avg HR was 140, it says "fat percentage of calories" was 27%, and "training load" was 96.
Today, I ran for 47 minutes, avg HR was 156, fat percentage of calories was 16% and training load was 114.
What does the percentage mean, that 27% of my calories burned was fat? What about the other 73%? At this point, my goal is fat burning, so should I run slower?
And what is training load? The polar glossary didn't help...
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I got my first HRM yesterday (polar RCX3 with G5 GPS - LOVE IT!!) and have a few questions.
Yesterday I cycled for 57 minutes, avg HR was 140, it says "fat percentage of calories" was 27%, and "training load" was 96.
Today, I ran for 47 minutes, avg HR was 156, fat percentage of calories was 16% and training load was 114.
What does the percentage mean, that 27% of my calories burned was fat? What about the other 73%? At this point, my goal is fat burning, so should I run slower?
And what is training load? The polar glossary didn't help...
But this is NOT something that matters. Sitting on your *kitten* all day burns almost 100% of energy from fat. If the fat % burned from movement actually matters, people who burn 100% of calories from fat by sitting on their *kitten* all day should be some lean *kitten* mofos..
Eating less calories than your body is able to burn is the ONLY thing that matters for fat loss. Exercise is a way to increase the total of calories burned, allowing a greater/easier deficit. For fat loss if your diet is not in check, exercise is pointless, you won't reach your goals.
edit: as for training load, I honestly don't have a clue. I'm going to assume it has something to do with VO2MAX.0 -
I got my first HRM yesterday (polar RCX3 with G5 GPS - LOVE IT!!) and have a few questions.
Yesterday I cycled for 57 minutes, avg HR was 140, it says "fat percentage of calories" was 27%, and "training load" was 96.
Today, I ran for 47 minutes, avg HR was 156, fat percentage of calories was 16% and training load was 114.
What does the percentage mean, that 27% of my calories burned was fat? What about the other 73%? At this point, my goal is fat burning, so should I run slower?
And what is training load? The polar glossary didn't help...
But this is NOT something that matters. Sitting on your *kitten* all day burns almost 100% of energy from fat. If the fat % burned from movement actually matters, people who burn 100% of calories from fat by sitting on their *kitten* all day should be some lean *kitten* mofos..
Eating less calories than your body is able to burn is the ONLY thing that matters for fat loss. Exercise is a way to increase the total of calories burned, allowed a greater/easier deficit. If your diet is not in check, exercise is pointless, you won't reach your goals.
Thanks for the explanation I am eating at a deficit, so I am still losing weight. I just want to get the most out of my workouts. So I shouldn't be concerned with the percentages?
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