Okay im new to this forum so please take it easy on me :D . I have read through a lot of the sticky posts in the beginners forum and it gave me A LOT of helpful information. I need some help with part of my workout though. I bought a heart rate monitor and when i first joined my gym awhile back i had a fitness evaluation and so i was given my THR zone.

I've been jogging and using my heart rate monitor...i try to keep it in my target heart rate zone but im jogging so slow in order to keep my heart rate withing my THR that sometimes i have to just stop and walk, let my heart rate come down a little bit and then start jogging again.

I dont know whether to just run at a pace that feels comfortable and go above my THR, or just keep going slow so that i stay in my THR.

Keep in mind im jogging to lose weight, not to increase indurance.

Anyone have any suggestions for me??? Thanks in advance:tu:

Okay im new to this forum so please take it easy on me :D . I have read through a lot of the sticky posts in the beginners forum and it gave me A LOT of helpful information. I need some help with part of my workout though. I bought a heart rate monitor and when i first joined my gym awhile back i had a fitness evaluation and so i was given my THR zone.

I've been jogging and using my heart rate monitor...i try to keep it in my target heart rate zone but im jogging so slow in order to keep my heart rate withing my THR that sometimes i have to just stop and walk, let my heart rate come down a little bit and then start jogging again.

I dont know whether to just run at a pace that feels comfortable and go above my THR, or just keep going slow so that i stay in my THR.

Keep in mind im jogging to lose weight, not to increase indurance.

Anyone have any suggestions for me??? Thanks in advance:tu:

Don't worry too much about training above the fat burning zone. Or even above the cardio zone, if you are comfortable.

It's actually important to not always stay in a zone while training your heart. This is the point of interval training. Search the internet on "fat burning zone myth" and you might get some more information.

Search this site for cardio and zone and you will get some more stuff.

my THR zone.

I've been jogging and using my heart rate monitor...i try to keep it in my target heart rate zone

Keep in mind im jogging to lose weight, not to increase indurance.

Anyone have any suggestions for me?

hi,sprint
I past thought similar problem,but it was about HIIT.
My question as this thread (http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=21626) #4's link will help you,maybe.

But,It is important to enjoy your jogging and workout.
TargetHR is second.Primary is enjoying.
Mr.zenpharaohs says "myth" is true,because many internet sites have scam for promotion their product.

I wish this were helpful for you.

ps
I continue to research about HIIT Target Heart Rate for calculate formula as my hobby and joy.
anyway,I enjoy HIIT,anywhere,anytime.

thanks

Run how you feel comfortable. Running in the zone is a crock ... it's more important to burn more calories.

Let's say the zone burns 60% calories from fat, and running over the zone only burns 40% calories from fat. I'm picking hypothetical numbers to illustrate a point. Obviously, in the zone burns more fat, right? Well ...

If you are holding back, you might burn 400 calories, let's say.

Now, what if you decided to forget about the zone BS and just run at your pace? Who knows, you might burn 600 calories.

Let's break down the fat ... 400 x 60% = 240 calories from fat
600 x 40% = 240 calories from fat

Oh, weight, we STILL burned the same amount of fat during the run.

But let's take off the narrow-vision glasses and look at the bigger picture.

Let's say you are eating exactly the right number of calories to maintain your weight, and that's 2000 calories per day.

Let's go back to the runs. You burned 400 calories on the first run, so that means you created a 400 calorie deficit. On the second run, you created a 600 calorie deficit.

Looking at the week, 400 x 7 = 2800 calories or just under a pound
600 x 7 = 4200 calories or just OVER a pound

See, burning more calories wins every time. Forget the zone, run how you enjoy running.

Jeremy

Okay im new to this forum so please take it easy on me :D . I have read through a lot of the sticky posts in the beginners forum and it gave me A LOT of helpful information. I need some help with part of my workout though. I bought a heart rate monitor and when i first joined my gym awhile back i had a fitness evaluation and so i was given my THR zone.

I've been jogging and using my heart rate monitor...i try to keep it in my target heart rate zone but im jogging so slow in order to keep my heart rate withing my THR that sometimes i have to just stop and walk, let my heart rate come down a little bit and then start jogging again.

I dont know whether to just run at a pace that feels comfortable and go above my THR, or just keep going slow so that i stay in my THR.

Keep in mind im jogging to lose weight, not to increase indurance.

Anyone have any suggestions for me??? Thanks in advance:tu:

Run how you feel comfortable. Running in the zone is a crock ... it's more important to burn more calories.

Let's say the zone burns 60% calories from fat, and running over the zone only burns 40% calories from fat. I'm picking hypothetical numbers to illustrate a point. Obviously, in the zone burns more fat, right? Well ...

If you are holding back, you might burn 400 calories, let's say.

Now, what if you decided to forget about the zone BS and just run at your pace? Who knows, you might burn 600 calories.

Let's break down the fat ... 400 x 60% = 240 calories from fat
600 x 40% = 240 calories from fat

Oh, weight, we STILL burned the same amount of fat during the run.

But let's take off the narrow-vision glasses and look at the bigger picture.

Let's say you are eating exactly the right number of calories to maintain your weight, and that's 2000 calories per day.

Let's go back to the runs. You burned 400 calories on the first run, so that means you created a 400 calorie deficit. On the second run, you created a 600 calorie deficit.

Looking at the week, 400 x 7 = 2800 calories or just under a pound
600 x 7 = 4200 calories or just OVER a pound

See, burning more calories wins every time. Forget the zone, run how you enjoy running.

Jeremy

I've been doing LISS 40 minutes- 5 days a week for the last month and have had good results, cutting 1-2 lbs a week.
Recently, as of this week I have started 25 minutes HIIT sprints, 3 days this week saving 4th day for 60 minutes of moderately -high intensity cardio. On 4 day split I'm lifting. I hope this shakes things up and keeps moving things right along.

I find my 65-75% HR range...111-129 to low.. I hardly break a sweat 15 min. into my 45 min.. and I shoot for the 75% level, Does this LISS stuff really work ? is this where less is more ?