Any thoughts on HR Zone carios training?

[Nekrawulf]

To reduce fat and maintain LBM?

Thoughts?

[Mr I]

Natural or on juice?

On juice I do fine with around 120bpm to 130bpm

Natural I seem to do better going higher but never above like 170bpm

[Shibby]

Is there a typo in your title? If not I'm not sure what it is.

[Konitz]

Is there a typo in your title? If not I'm not sure what it is.

:agreed: Do you mean what Heart rate do you recommend for cardio, or is Carios training something?:dunno:

[Shibby]

If it was anyone else I would just assume it was a typo, but Nekrawulf has a lot of different style alternatives the main stream methods...

[Nekrawulf]

I meant cardio guys haha

[Shibby]

I feel like it's a trick question coming from you :D It's kind of elementary. As I'm sure you know, your body has an easier time breaking down certain storage sources than others. You need oxygen to oxidize fat cells and if your HR gets too high and you have less oxygen than required; your body will breakdown protein storage instead of fat assuming the glycogen storage is gone.

[Nekrawulf]

Well the question was really this:

Does anyone pay extra attention to HR Zone training to stay below their AT and maximize fat loss? If not, how do you gauge the effectiveness of your cardio days.


Whats a guy gotta do to stimulate some conversation in this forum haha!

[Shibby]

I don't pay exact attention to my HR because I don't know exactly what my THR would be, only an estimation according to the charts. I just focus on keeping my cardio level where I continue to have full breaths throughout.

[dna9488]

I keep a good eye on my HR while doing cardio on the stairmaster. When i start off its around 140-150 bpm. By the end of the cardio, its about 183bpm. I spend 20min do that

After that 20min, i switch to elliptical for 20min and my HR deceases to around 150-160

[dinho10]

I pay more attention to how long I keep my HR elevated more than I actually keep track of what it is. Usually i do about 3 minutes of fast pace jogging then 2 minutes of walking for around 40 minutes total. Every now and then when I do my cardio in the gym versus running on the street, i'll check my bpm just to get a feel of what 110, 150 and even a little higher is like so I can gauge it when I go jogging outside. When Im jogging my bpm is around 150/160 and by the end of the 2 minutes of walking its usually around 110 or so. I've always meant to get a HR monitor to keep better tabs on it, but always find something better to spend the money on.