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Originally posted by BigBlueWrecking
I have a different question...
I do cardio everyday to lose fat also. I run 20 minutes on the treadmill almost every day. That gets my heartbeating at around 140-150 bpm. Then, I get on some elliptical machine to try and burn some more caloires. I usually do about 30 minutes on that, but my bpm is only about 95-105. That seems really low to me. Am I still burning enough calories to make it worth while? Would I be better off doing some more running or something. Bikes and things like that don't get my heartrate up that high. Any advice?
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can you increase the intensity by changing the machine's resistance or going faster?
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Originally posted by forseti-6
How old are you? Using a rough estimate (220-your age)*.6, should be your minimum heart rate to burn fat. Try to aim it for 70-80% though. Anything lower than 60% and you're wasting your time (you're still burning calories, but not efficiently.)
If the activity doesn't get your heart rate up, just step up the intensitiy.
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actually, the less intense it is, the more fat that will be burned... but, when you're going harder, as long as your staying under your anabolic threshold, you'll be burning more glucose and less fat by percent, but because you're burning more calories, you have more fat burned total.
remember, the more intense an activity, the higher percent of glucose burned and lower percent of fat, but higher total calories.