I just purchased an Octane Q37 e. It has a heart rate monitor and a fatburner program that keeps my heart rate at 117. I am 40 with a body fat of 29%! yeah I know its high... My question is this: will I burn more fat in this low heart rate zone than I would if I were to get my heart rate up to around 140-150? Please help a newbie out. Thanks.
Fat Burner Vs. Cardio
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Does it feel like you're working at 117? As I understand it, you should be between 75% and 85% of your maximum heart rate. Various formulas exist to tell you what the numbers are - the one I use is 220 - Your age = max heart rate, in this case 180. 75% is about 137, and 85% is around 153. You'll know you're around 85% when you can't form full sentences without taking a breath. To answer your question though, it seems to me that getting into these higher zones means you will have to work harder, which would seem to indicate that you'd burn more calories.
The new "me" diet I have started is very low fat. Egg beaters and veggie sausage or oatmeal for breakfast, veggie sandwich for lunch, chicken or pork tenderloin with starch and veggie for dinner. No snacks except fruit. A lot less beer!...
Fat burner zone burns body fat, cardio builds your endurance. Both of these are exchangable (fat burner builds some cardio, cardio burns some fat, etc...) but it depends what you're looking for.
Losing weight and calories? cardio.
Losing bodyfat, some cardio? Fat burner.
This is as how I understand it, as I have a heart rate monitor and used it when I worked out (I'm on IR now, had knee surgery last monday). Also, trainers and other professionals have told me this is how it works, so I have no chance to doubt them, but maybe I'm wrong.
Losing weight and calories? cardio.
Losing bodyfat, some cardio? Fat burner.
This is as how I understand it, as I have a heart rate monitor and used it when I worked out (I'm on IR now, had knee surgery last monday). Also, trainers and other professionals have told me this is how it works, so I have no chance to doubt them, but maybe I'm wrong.
Agree
I Agree with the above post, if your interested in losing bodyfat, then lower a lower heart rate for a longer suspension of time will definately be more beneficial. however you can't go by the averages when it comes to what your HR should be. You need to get online and find a max heart rate calc. I would recommend some good cardio/interval training just to keep your body guessing. If your body gets too used to one type of training then results will suffer.
I Agree with the above post, if your interested in losing bodyfat, then lower a lower heart rate for a longer suspension of time will definately be more beneficial. however you can't go by the averages when it comes to what your HR should be. You need to get online and find a max heart rate calc. I would recommend some good cardio/interval training just to keep your body guessing. If your body gets too used to one type of training then results will suffer.