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thingstodo · 07-12-2006, 04:14 AM

Well, I disagree.

You said:

"you're body doesn't process fat better... exercise using a heart rate monitor (or working without one) will increase the ability of your body to bring energy molecules (fatty acids and glucose) to the exercising cells and remove waste products from them. exercising also increases the number of mitochondria in your cells and therefore increases the ability of your cells to utalize fatty acids and pyruvate as energy sources. the citric acid energy cycle doesn't become more effcient, it's just got more power plants."

To me, that's efficiency since evrything is working smoother.

Here are a few links for you. I think Mark Allen is a pretty credible source. Lifetime Fitness has also done quite a bit of research on the subject.

http://www.duathlon.com/articles/1460

http://www.lifetimefitness.com/modul...ning_chart.pdf
See page two of the Lifetime chart. Anything above your AT makes your body use sugar for fuel, not fat. Endurance atheletes improve their endurance by training the fat processing system to eb more efficient.

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thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	Well, I disagree. You said: "you're body doesn't process fat better... exercise using a heart rate monitor (or working without one) will increase the ability of your body to bring energy molecules (fatty acids and glucose) to the exercising cells and remove waste products from them. exercising also increases the number of mitochondria in your cells and therefore increases the ability of your cells to utalize fatty acids and pyruvate as energy sources. the citric acid energy cycle doesn't become more effcient, it's just got more power plants." To me, that's efficiency since evrything is working smoother. Here are a few links for you. I think Mark Allen is a pretty credible source. Lifetime Fitness has also done quite a bit of research on the subject. http://www.duathlon.com/articles/1460 http://www.lifetimefitness.com/modul...ning_chart.pdf See page two of the Lifetime chart. Anything above your AT makes your body use sugar for fuel, not fat. Endurance atheletes improve their endurance by training the fat processing system to eb more efficient. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.