Mon, Jul-02-01, 16:48
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Plan: Atkins/PP/BFL
Stats: 400/223/200
BF:37%/17%/12%
Progress: 89%
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Hi Adam, welcome aboard.
If you suspect this is causing to exercise at a too comfortable a rate to be a real exercise, you might be right! I would suggest 2 things. First, make sure the settings/programming is set up correctly for your device from the documentation. Second, double check the accuracy of the device by doing a comparison with the manual count of your heart rate.
As to the benefits of the different heart zones, I'm not sure about the numbers you listed below, I guess various experts voice different numbers and define the zones differently. What it boils down to is that there's a threashold between a fat-burning zone (aerobic) where your body uses fat as a preferences for fuel, and and a glucose-burning zone (anaerobic). As to the numbers, I thought 65-80% is the fat-burning zone, but it maybe best to see which rate works best for you, by trying different rates.
Wa'il
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