How to Burn Fat | Treadmill Cardio Workout

A Question for fitness fanatics who know what I am talking about please.?

Hi, Can I just ask when I am on the running machine at the gym and I am in the “cardio training heart rate zone” that is 158 B.P.M for my age am I also fat burning as well. It is just the ideal fat burning heart rate is only 120 B.P.M for my age. It seems like I am not doing any exercise when I set the machine to “fat burn” Thank you.

if you are “healthy” (no heart problems, etc.) besides needing to drop some body fat then long duration low intensity cardio is a waste of time. doing cardio in the “fat burning” zone is outdated and provides less than optimum results. if you want to burn more fat in less time then start doing high intensity interval training such as:

HIIT Cardio

http://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp

Max-OT Cardio

http://www.ast-ss.com/articles/article.asp?AID=97

* you also have to realize that cardio machines use statistical data using the height/weight like the BMI. it does not take into account body composition. a person with higher than average amounts of lean body mass will not get accurate readings from the calculations.