heart rate?

shaneaus · 08-06-2008, 11:05 AM

hey guys was wonder what the best your heart rate should be while doing cardio to burn most bf% thanx

Minovsky · 08-06-2008, 12:53 PM

80-85% of your max heart rate (220 - age is a good estimate) will burn the most /calories/. Whether that translates into fat loss or not is a measure of your diet.

browner93 · 08-06-2008, 03:59 PM

I learned at my personal training course that it dependson your level of cardio
Beginner
55-64%
Intermediate
64%-75%
Advanced
74%-90%
They also said not to pay attention to the stickers that are posted on the cardio machines.

shaneaus · 08-07-2008, 05:47 AM

so i get my normal heartrate then 80% of that is where ill burn most callories

browner93 · 08-07-2008, 09:21 AM

Yeah if you want an exact number man the equation goes like this:

220-(your age) - (your resting heart rate) x .80 (or w/e percent) + Resting heart rate = The Heart Rate at which you will burn the most fat

**ZiR RED** · 08-07-2008, 01:32 PM

Theres no equation to determine max heart rate. All they do is estimate.

If I wanted your max HR and you are conditioned. I'd strap an HR monitor to you and warm you up. Then I'd make you sprint a 400m, and the HR would record the highest your HR went to.

I'd do that again in one week.

And yet again in another week.

Then I'd take the highest of the three.

If you want to burn the most calories, you need to exercise at a high intensity.

I'm on my way out the door, but I have spoke of this many times before. Its your Minimal Intensity Threshold MIT. Working below it your body uses fats for fuel. Working above carbohydrates. Thats the figures browner quoted.

They DO NOT, however, translate into fat loss at all.

Br

shaneaus · 08-10-2008, 01:31 AM

thanks zir helps heaps now i just gotta get my hands on heart rate monitor