Myth: Fat Burning Zone (Part One)

Part One: Based on an e-mail from Julie, I begin to explain the most effective cardio for fat loss. It continues in Part Two . . .

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[billbailey56]

hi michelle really useful info its dead helpful, was wondering if you could tell me when the best time to eat is before and after cardio session, thanks loads keep em coming x

[chellefit]

You are so welcome! And thanks for watching! :) Well, best time before is when you've had enough time to digest, but not too long that it's time to eat again (and taking into consideration your digestion tolerance). You don't want digestion to compete with exerting yourself during the workout -- but have enough nutrition to sustain your workout. After, it's best to eat some protein and carbs within a 30 min window. Type of protein and carb is another discussion! lol. Thanks for the Q! ;)

[Evilcyber]

Hello Chelle, too bad you don't upload videos anymore. I enjoyed watching them!

[rickalex21]

65% burned fat calories does not seem like the right number. More like 75%-85% ... lets take %50 fat calories burned and %85 fat calories burned ...so in my case it would be 221 total 187 fat calories VS 312 total 156 fat calories ... or exercise longer 468 234 VS 332 282 ... So I would exercise harder to burn more total calories because the difference in fat calories is not big to justify the "fat burning zone".

[Sierra688]

This is a multi-faceted issue. I heard and bought into all the big talk about HIIT being the greatest thing ever and how long-duration cardio was worthless. Thing is, after about a week of HIIT workouts my body would begin to break down. Doing the same workouts, my girlfriend was feeling great. I eventually realized that a 130-pound woman busting it on a Gauntlet wasn't generating the same force as a 230-pound man. Long-duration, however, is much more effective for men than for women.

[mikepartyboy]

2 ways to go about cardio.

Quick sprints for short amount of time.or slow paced walk for about 20-45minutes.

Sprinters keep alot of their muscles. They tend to use more Glycogen by glycolysis rather than using fat/protein in the TCA cycle (aerobic metabolism).

By sprinting, you burn alot of glycogen and not fat, instead you let your body burn off fat for the rest of the day through calorie deficit.

Slow paced cardio burns much more fat during the cardio, but a little bit of muscle too