The 'fat burn zone,' also known as the endurance zone, refers to a period during exercise when you are working at a moderate intensity, at least seventy-five to ninety percent of maximum heart rate (however, the numbers may differ slightly depending on your height and age). At this intensity level, your body is primarily fueled by stored fats. So, during this time period, you should primarily focus on fat burning, and not on heart rate or pulse. For this reason, intense workouts are typically undertaken for a short period of time, such as one or two minutes.
The purpose of the fat burn zone is to exhaust your energy reserves as quickly as possible. This can be done in three different ways: by elevating your heart rate above your resting point; by breathing in more intensely; and by increasing your metabolic rate. In addition to this three-pronged approach, other strategies including steady state exercise, gradual intensity increase and exhaustive exercise can also be used. Ultimately, the goal is to exhaust all available energy in as little time as possible.
In order to truly maximize your fat burn zone, you need to know the distinction between cardio zone and fat burn zone. The cardio zone is often equated with long steady-state cardio workouts (e.g., jogging, running, cycling) where the objective is simply to get from point A to point B as fast as possible. While this type of exercise can certainly be beneficial in itself, it doesn't have much of an impact on the zone of fat-burning. That's because the objective is to work solely on the fat-burning zone. Hence, it would be pointless to do cardio exercise that has little if any affect on the heart rate or the metabolic rate.
On the other hand, the fat burn zone is where you will primarily concentrate your efforts on burning calories. The key here is to set a limit to how many calories you intend to lose weight by performing your regular exercises. You need to set this number in advance so that when exercising, you are actually burning more calories than you are taking in. When you begin to lose weight, you will likely plateau because your body will need to adjust to its new level of expenditure. This is why it is important to maintain a sensible calorie intake while you are exercising so that you won't feel like you're being deprived of food as you begin to lose weight.
The reason why intense intensities are so effective at stimulating fat burn is that they allow you to keep your calorie intake relatively constant while burning off more calories. Therefore, in the long run, you can potentially reach your weight loss goals by exercising with moderate intensity levels. One of the primary reasons for this is the Afterburn Effect. As you know, the Afterburn Effect basically means that your body burns more calories after you exercise, and you will also burn these calories even when you aren't working out. By exercising with higher intensity levels, you are able to keep your caloric intake constant while also letting your body reach its fat burn zone quicker.
Another reason why the intensity is so important is because it allows you to use the heart rate zone during cardio exercises. Most people will perform their best workouts when the heart rate zone is in the high range or at a very high intensity. But, when you are exercising at a fat burning level, you will typically be performing much slower cardio workouts. In order to get your heart rate up higher, you will need to use the fat burning zone strategy. When you are using the cardio zone strategy during your workouts, you are effectively combining high intensity cardio exercises with lower intensity cardio exercises.
However, before you start to work out using the fat burning strategy, it would be wise for you to use a fitness tracker in order to keep track of your progress. A fitness tracker will tell you exactly where you are in regards to your target heart rate zone. Also, you can use the fitness tracker to tell you how many calories you are burning in each exercise, and how long you are exercising for. This is a great way to ensure that you are getting the most benefit from your workout efforts. Using a fitness tracker when you are working out will help you make sure that you are doing everything possible to lose weight, while still maintaining a healthy level of physical activity in your life.
One final note when it comes to working out: although higher intensity exercise burns more calories than lower intensity ones do, it does not mean that you should do a lot of higher intensity exercises. In other words, if you are targeting to lose more than a couple of pounds, then you don't need to spend all day doing interval training. As a matter of fact, doing interval training only for a few minutes a day is a great way for you to lose more than a couple of pounds in a short period of time.
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