Subject: RE: heart rate training zone question.... help! Originally posted by Dolcezza
Training for my first tri in July, 40 ish pounds to lose ( I said "ish" cause that sounds like less) .... what zone should my HR be in during Training, or does it matter? My resting HR is 65. Thank you!
Heather
If your main goal is to lose 40 lbs nutrition has to be a huge part of this, regardless of your training zones. While lower HRs burn a higher %age of fat for fuel, they also dont' burn a lot of total calories. Higher intensity training burns a higher %age of carbs for fuel, but also burns a higher total number of calories, increasing the fat burn, plus it creates a post workout metabolism boost in which you'll continue burning fat.
In addition, losing weight even through nutrition alone is going to make all your tri training easier.
I would suggest using a complimentary high intensity workout to help simply increase your fat burning metabolism aside from tri training...it's hard to do with endurance activity alone. Ideas are myriad but could include working wiht a personal trainer, taking a body pump or spinnign class at the gym or doing any one of a number of home DVD workouts. Building muscle will increase your basal metabolic rate, make everyday stuff you do easier (climbing stairs, doing laundry ) and you can do those things with a little more energy which is going to continue to help you burn even more calories for weight loss.
What distance is your triathlon and what's your current training volume and are you following a plan or just winging it?
what's your main goal for the tri? Edited by AdventureBear 2014-03-01 1:22 PM
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