getting heart rat up

**edgarr** · 07-21-2006, 09:17 AM

Does anyone else find it hard to get your heart rate up to the fat burning zone? I am 36 and 180lbs so 120 is around 65% right? I do morning cardio outside, I walk the streets, there are hills and I go for about 45-50 mins and my rate stays around 100-07. If I jog my rate jumps up to 140 If I do it at the gym I use the treadmill at 12 incline at need to go around 3.9 MPH just to get to around 113 after that I have to jog and then it jumps too high again. Any suggestions? If my rate is under 60-65% am I justing wasting time?

**InsaneInTheMembrane** · 07-21-2006, 10:02 AM

try walking on the treadmill and keep on increasing the speed incrementally every two minutes until you find that speed where your HR is on par (65% +/- 5%).....it should be the point where you are brisk walking and almost break into a jog but don't...

**chest6** · 07-21-2006, 11:22 AM

I had the same problem. I would usually walk 3.5mph on a 5-6incline and it wouldnt get past 125. My THR I wanted to get to was 140...and as soon as I moved it to 3.7 at 10 incline (without holding on the handles) it jumped up to 135-140..

**boxingbean** · 07-21-2006, 11:31 AM

walk 4.0, run 8.0 heartrate usually goes to dam high for me!!!! bout 176 avg, to 192 intense

**SwoleCat** · 07-21-2006, 12:28 PM

Use a recumbent bike or better yet, an eliptical trainer.

~SC~

**chest6** · 07-21-2006, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

Use a recumbent bike or better yet, an eliptical trainer.

~SC~

I can never get my HR up with a bike..how do you do it?

Originally Posted by boxingbean

walk 4.0, run 8.0 heartrate usually goes to dam high for me!!!! bout 176 avg, to 192 intense

ehh..no thanks

**boxingbean** · 07-26-2006, 12:31 AM

my heartrate hits 180ish on the eliptical trainer, the "hot stepper" i call it...I LOVE IT!!!! when i run...its gets high..i dont know y, my training instructor said i need to slow down at 5mph, cuz its not recoomended...n i was like...dam...im sweaty....! haha

**valcon** · 07-26-2006, 03:58 AM

i like the bike and the eliptical , easy on the knees and ankles

**mikey85** · 07-26-2006, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by edgarr

Does anyone else find it hard to get your heart rate up to the fat burning zone? I am 36 and 180lbs so 120 is around 65% right? I do morning cardio outside, I walk the streets, there are hills and I go for about 45-50 mins and my rate stays around 100-07. If I jog my rate jumps up to 140 If I do it at the gym I use the treadmill at 12 incline at need to go around 3.9 MPH just to get to around 113 after that I have to jog and then it jumps too high again. Any suggestions? If my rate is under 60-65% am I justing wasting time?

caffeine 15-30 minutes before your cardio and have your favourite music pumping in your ears.. works like a charm.

You're not wasting time when your heart rate is under 60-65%, it just means your body is not at its fat max (burning the highest amount of fat possible)..

**KingMike** · 07-26-2006, 08:58 AM

wake..2 cups of black coffee...watch 25 minutes of NFL Total Access...walk hard in the road for 5-8 minutes...HR gets to 140-150...Ride the rest of the 40 minutes on a recumbent bike at a VERy easy pace clipping along at 140 BPM. It took me 3 months before my HR would get to the fat burning rate and stay there easily. The first 3 months was a struggle to maintain the HR plus get it elevated safely. Stay at it, it will come naturally, but do not force the issue with running.

**edgarr** · 07-26-2006, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by KingMike

wake..2 cups of black coffee...watch 25 minutes of NFL Total Access...walk hard in the road for 5-8 minutes...HR gets to 140-150...Ride the rest of the 40 minutes on a recumbent bike at a VERy easy pace clipping along at 140 BPM. It took me 3 months before my HR would get to the fat burning rate and stay there easily. The first 3 months was a struggle to maintain the HR plus get it elevated safely. Stay at it, it will come naturally, but do not force the issue with running.

I hat the taste of coffee,I never drink it. Would taking some sort of caffeine pill or powder be just as good, I know coffee is probably cheaper but? Also what about a red bull or something equal or would my body just use that for energy instead of fat? thanks.