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Originally Posted by Willravel
Ask your doctor for your target heart rate for aerobic fat burning. Those charts are like nutrition percentages on food; one size definitely does not fit all. The fact is that you're really, really healthy for a 29 year old, so the general rules may not apply to you. Doctors (specifically doctors specializing in physical therapy and sports training) would be able to tell you what Abaya can do, not just what Jill Schmo 29 year old can do.
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Thank you, Will. This is very good advice. Sometimes I just depend too much on the internet, what can I say?
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
It varies person to person, but for the sake of argument let's say above 60% is what you experience. If you go above the "fat burning" range, your body doesn't have enough time to break down fat to glucose for energy use, so gets it from other energy stores, typically found in your skeletal muscles. (A high level of energy expenditure such as this isn't nearly as sustainable as long-term lower-intensity exercise.)
Basically, this means your recovery requires far more calories to replace the expended energy from your body. If you eat right, this means your body will turn partially to your fat stores to do this.
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Hmm, interesting. It sounds like overall, if my aim is to burn fat, it would be better to stay in that 60% range (or whatever range is ideal for me)--especially since I'm not training for any races/competitions right now, just wanting to tone up and lose the fat. After my 10k (and bruising my already-black toenail again--from a nasty hike earlier this summer) a few weeks ago, I've dropped the treadmill from my workouts and focused entirely on the elliptical, and have seen my heartrate stay right around 135 instead of 162. At first it felt like I wasn't working hard enough, but I'm still sweating and breathing hard, and burning a lot of calories. I figure the 135 is probably more where I should be for burning fat only (especially because I am not sure whether or not I "eat well")--but will check with the doctor.