Cardio or Fat burn?

squidney101

squidney101

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Which is better for loosing weight? Cardio you work harder, and loose more overall callories, but by staying in the fat burning range (by keeping heart rate 65-70%) you loose more callories from fat, so which is better?
Thanx in advance!
 
I would say - combination of two:) . I am doing cardio every day for an hour and able to keep my heart rate up 65% for entire hour. I do agree - I see results, but workout itself is very difficult, kicks your butt!:D
 
I hear different things about both and the jury's still out in my opinion. i seem to get results either way, but i think mentally - i enjoy the sweat and harder work outs, b/c i feel like i'm "really workin'". i don't know though. there are several opinions you can read about this topic..it's crazy. good luck, though!:)
 
Here's the way I understand it. If you stay in the "fat burning" heartrate zone, a larger percentage of the calories you burn are from fat. However, if you work out in the "cardio" heartrate zone, you burn more calories. So, even though you burn a higher percentage of fat calories at a lower intensity, because you burn so many calories at a higher intensity, you burn more fat over all.
 
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blackwdw said:
Here's the way I understand it. If you stay in the "fat burning" heartrate zone, a larger percentage of the calories you burn are from fat. However, if you work out in the "cardio" heartrate zone, you burn more calories. So, even though you burn a higher percentage of fat calories at a lower intensity, because you burn so many calories at a higher intensity, you burn more fat over all.
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exactly what i was going to say.

my advice: train hard, run fast, burn all the carbs u got stored then obliterate the fat!
 
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