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There Is No 'Fat Burning Zone'
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 790" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://vitals.lifehacker.com/there-is-no-fat-burning-zone-1831641069" target="_blank"><strong>There Is No 'Fat Burning Zone' - Lifehacker</strong></a></p><p></p><p>All of the cardio machines are lying to you. There’s probably some workout on the elliptical that promises to keep you in the “fat burning zone,” and a chart on the treadmill informing you that the zone exists when your heart is beating at a certain rate. Forget it. The fat burning zone is a myth.</p><p></p><p>Those machines will tell you the zone exists somewhere in the range of 50 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate (which it is <a href="https://vitals.lifehacker.com/how-to-calculate-your-max-heart-rate-youre-probably-d-1683716934" target="_blank">probably miscalculating</a> anyway). There is nothing special about exercising in this zone, and it certainly won’t make your body burn more fat than exercising any other way.</p><p></p><p><em>Fat loss doesn’t depend on your heart rate during exercise</em></p><p></p><p>If you’re trying to lose weight, the first factor to look at is <a href="https://vitals.lifehacker.com/exercise-vs-diet-which-is-more-important-for-weight-l-1677532039" target="_blank">how much you’re eating</a>. It should be less than the total calories you end up burning in a day.</p><p>But can’t you burn more calories by exercising? Sure. The longer you exercise, the more you burn; the harder you exercise, the more you burn. It’s up to you how you’d like to plan your workouts. An hour’s walk burns about the same calories as a half-hour run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 790, member: 1"] [URL='https://vitals.lifehacker.com/there-is-no-fat-burning-zone-1831641069'][B]There Is No 'Fat Burning Zone' - Lifehacker[/B][/URL] All of the cardio machines are lying to you. There’s probably some workout on the elliptical that promises to keep you in the “fat burning zone,” and a chart on the treadmill informing you that the zone exists when your heart is beating at a certain rate. Forget it. The fat burning zone is a myth. Those machines will tell you the zone exists somewhere in the range of 50 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate (which it is [URL='https://vitals.lifehacker.com/how-to-calculate-your-max-heart-rate-youre-probably-d-1683716934']probably miscalculating[/URL] anyway). There is nothing special about exercising in this zone, and it certainly won’t make your body burn more fat than exercising any other way. [I]Fat loss doesn’t depend on your heart rate during exercise[/I] If you’re trying to lose weight, the first factor to look at is [URL='https://vitals.lifehacker.com/exercise-vs-diet-which-is-more-important-for-weight-l-1677532039']how much you’re eating[/URL]. It should be less than the total calories you end up burning in a day. But can’t you burn more calories by exercising? Sure. The longer you exercise, the more you burn; the harder you exercise, the more you burn. It’s up to you how you’d like to plan your workouts. An hour’s walk burns about the same calories as a half-hour run. [/QUOTE]
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