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Originally Posted by bigtmac19
Just started taking a "learn to run class" in April. We had a class about heart rate training, and what your target heart rate training should be depending on what your goal is. They told us you should only be training at your maximum heart rate if you are training for short burst races, i.e. sprinters, or for speed training. But that for endurance and fat burning as opposed to burning sugars, you should be training at 60 to 70% of your maximum heart rate, which is 220 minus your age?
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Somebody with more knowledge will have to confirm, but I do believe there is a sweet spot for burning fat and building endurance. Go beyond this spot and you're still burning, just not as efficiently (it's more of a muscle building/cardio strengthening thing). I believe I did read a study once that said the most effective means of losing fat though is to change it up almost randomly between jogging, running and sprinting.