How A Heart Rate Monitor Helps Burn Fat

By Henry Calhoun

Those looking to lose weight and not only get in shape but, rather, wish to develop a totally "ripped" appearance can do so a lot easier than they initially believe. Simply purchasing a heart rate monitor will do wonders for the ability to properly burn the necessary amount of fat required to utterly "shred" a physique. No, this is not mere hyperbole. A heart rate monitor truly can deliver on providing the needed information required to achieve such desired results.

There are those who mistakenly believe a heart rate monitor is just a gimmick but it is, as its name states, used to provide its users information on how fast the heartbeat is while doing an exercise regime and that in turn enables you to maintain a heart rate that will encourage fat loss.

Several factors will weigh in (pardon the pun) on how much fat a person can burn while exercising. These factors include age, weight, current physical activity lifestyle, and gender. When taken into consideration, these factors will present a target heart rate that will be conducive to burning fat.

If you take a resting heart rate of 65 beats / minute, for example, then after starting a light exercise program that individual's heart beat may go up to 110 beats / minute. This is perfectly alright, since an additional 45 beats / minute allows the body to burn carbohydrates and some fat through the expenditure of the energy. On the other hand, a heart rate of 110 beats / minute is not near the intensity level required if you want to get rid of stubborn fat. If you want to burn more fat, then a heart rate of 160 beats / minute is necessary.

You may wonder how it works when 165 beats per minute are hit and the reason is that at that rate carbohydrates and stored body fat are eliminated as a way to produce energy and continue the exercise regime at the same rate. A heart rate of 165 beats per minute is considered a fast jog where as 110 beats is a light jog. It is absolutely necessary to have a heart rate monitor when you are performing in a workout program because you need to check on your heart rate when exercising.

This works, because if the person doing the exercises needs to have a heart rate of 165 beats / minute in order to burn off fat and the monitor shows that a rate of only 145 beats / minute is being achieved, then this person knows that the exercise needs to be intensified. However regardless of whether or not the number of 165 is met, any exercise benefits a person. The difference being that the exercises are most effective when the right heart rate is maintained and that information can only be supplied to you by a heart rate monitor. - 29951

About the Author:

Sign Up for our Free Newsletter

Enter email address here