Cynthia8828
Cathlete
Hello Everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
I have a question about a gift I received. DH bought me a heart monitor for Christmas. I used it last night and noticed something. Of the 40 minutes I did cardio, only 20 of those minutes were in the zone. I had a really tough time staying in there as well, and constantly had to modify in order to not work the high end.
My question is this. When my heart rate is higher than the "zone", am I no longer burning fat. I felt like with all of those modifications that I was making, I was barely working out. It was very hard to keep the energy up, and I was constantly doing low impact trying to keep the rate down. According to the charts, my zone is between 125-150 for my age, etc.
Does anyone else experience this difficulty when working out? I can't think that I am out of shape so bad that my heart rate constantly goes over, but who knows? I feel great and I feel in better shape then ever! I am an advanced exerciser and have worked out 6 days a week for a year now. Does any of this make sense. Some advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
Cynthia
I have a question about a gift I received. DH bought me a heart monitor for Christmas. I used it last night and noticed something. Of the 40 minutes I did cardio, only 20 of those minutes were in the zone. I had a really tough time staying in there as well, and constantly had to modify in order to not work the high end.
My question is this. When my heart rate is higher than the "zone", am I no longer burning fat. I felt like with all of those modifications that I was making, I was barely working out. It was very hard to keep the energy up, and I was constantly doing low impact trying to keep the rate down. According to the charts, my zone is between 125-150 for my age, etc.
Does anyone else experience this difficulty when working out? I can't think that I am out of shape so bad that my heart rate constantly goes over, but who knows? I feel great and I feel in better shape then ever! I am an advanced exerciser and have worked out 6 days a week for a year now. Does any of this make sense. Some advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
Cynthia