Progress is his middle name! My heart rate actually topped out at 162, which is the first time I’ve been well into the “athletic conditioning” range for my age, at least according to the little “chart” thing on the treadmill. Never seen it get that high before.

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So you just got home with your brand new heart rate monitor and not sure what to do next. Heart rate training can be an important part of any workout program, but like most new training tools if you are not using the tool correctly you could have trouble fully maximizing it. So in this document we pulled together some information and links from PolarUSA.com to get you started. Introduction to Heart Rate Based Training If you are new to exercising, I can almost guarantee you are wondering how much and in which intensities you should train. If you go too hard and you run the risk of burning yourself out quickly. If you go too slow you may not see results. The key is to find the balance between exercise and recovery, and the best way to gauge that is a heart rate monitor. Take a look at the following links to get you started: Intro to Heart Rate Training – bit.ly Structure of A Workout Session – bit.ly Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise – bit.ly Part of finding that balance is to understand and utilize different heart rate zones based on your personal goals. Polar has a few unique features built into certain training computers that help you find these zones, like Energy Pointer(FT7,FT40) and Ownzone(FT60,FT80). But if you aren’t using these “Own” features you can still take advantage training zones. Calculating Maximum Heart Rate The first thing to do would be to find your Maximum Heart rate(MHR). You have a few different options for calculating MHR. 220 — age is a common …

I’m formerly anorexic, but swung from anorexia to bulimia in the past 18 months. I was officially diagnosed with restricting AND purging type bulimia nervosa on Monday.

I have not, however, binged/purged since the Thursday before getting diagnosed.

Instead, I have been restricting since then – maybe 500-800 calories a day, with almost no sugar.

My parents are out of town and my grandmother is staying with me at my house. My parents just left about 2.5 hours ago on a road trip.

I fainted about 30 mins ago. I was in my room sleeping because I’m tired as hell, and I ran out and down the stairs when my grandmother called me about something. When I got down, I realised I was passing out – I got the telltale lightness, tingling, coldness, fast heart rate, nausea – and having been experienced it all before, I went to sit down on the sofa while playing it cool, still talking to her. Then I just fell over. She thought I was just exhausted and being silly, but then I got up and said, "I think I passed out." She was surprised, but didn’t say much. I just told her I needed to lie down and that I’d get something to eat in a minute. She went to sit in the breakfast room while I lied on the sofa. After about 5 mins, I got up and went to the kitchen to find a high-sugar food to bring me around. I could barely stand. I ended up lying on the kitchen floor while she was facing the other way. After about another 5 minutes, I crawled to the fridge to get the grapes and ate them while lying on the sofa. I finished those and felt a little better. Then I followed up with some high-protein cereal and skim milk. By then I was still cold and tingly, but I could walk. Now I’m just sitting here digesting it all. I still feel light and cold and my heart beat is a little wonky.

Now, my dilemma is whether I should tell my parents or not – for their sake.

If I call now and tell them, they’re just the kind of people that might get so worried that they’d turn the car around right now and come home. Then they’d put me on watch and it’d be horrible for all of us because a) they cancelled their trip b) they’d probably force-feed me, which scares the living daylights out of me c) I’m actually okay right now, so it’d all be in vain

If I don’t call them, but my grandmother ends up telling them later at some point, they might get mad at me for witholding it and not trust me, thus leading to force-feeding and/or them coming home.

If nobody tells them, then I don’t know that there’d be any problems.

I’m very, very medically knowledgeable and aware and in spite of being afflicted with an irrational, illogical mental illness, am still very mature and capable.

All I want to know is what you think is the best decision – tell them immediately, mention it in passing when they call me later, or just don’t say anything?

Please don’t leave mean comments. I’m really struggling here with the whole concept of them knowing about my eating disorder. I got found out against my will and I’m still very conflicted and confused. I’m also sorry if any content in this question offends you; I’m just trying to be very honest and frank and give as much information as I feel necessary.

Thank you.

I’m trying to decide what watch will best suit me for my training. I’m a serious runner (75 miles a week) who runs at the collegiate level. Really, I just want a watch that gives me accurate distance, as well as mile pace (every mile if possible), and total time elapsed. I don’t care about heart rate or calories burned, I just want the basics. So between the two brands, which one has these features and is considered more accurate? I guess what I’m trying to ask is between the garmin 110 forerunner, the new nike + sportband, and the old nike gps (goes for ), which one should I get and why?

Thanks!!

This heart rate monitor watch will track the calories you burn and those you eat, all without wearing a chest strap!

I did some research and wanted a heart rate monitor that would calculate calories burned but also would give me speed and distance so when I’d go for runs, and didn’t already know mileage then I’d know. I went to Dicks sporting goods and they suggested Sportline Duo 1060, although it’s great does everything I want it to do and more, it’s confusing to use and don’t know truly know if the calorie (which reads in kc) or if the heart rate is accurate. I really need and want an accurate heart rate and calories burned monitor, I mainly do spinning and running for cardio. I’ve been also suggested Timex Ironmen Road or Race Trainer. Any suggestions??

I did some research and wanted a heart rate monitor that would calculate calories burned but also would give me speed and distance so when I’d go for runs, and didn’t already know mileage then I’d know. I went to Dicks sporting goods and they suggested Sportline Duo 1060, although it’s great does everything I want it to do and more, it’s confusing to use and don’t know truly know if the calorie (which reads in kc) or if the heart rate is accurate. I really need and want an accurate heart rate and calories burned monitor, I mainly do spinning and running for cardio. I’ve been also suggested Timex Ironmen Road or Race Trainer. Any suggestions??

I’m a 28 year old woman. I weigh 210 pounds. I’m 5′4. I just had my second baby 3 months ago and am still breastfeeding. My target areas are my upper arms and my belly. I have a nice hourglass shape and everything is proportionate. Big chest, thinner waist, bigger butt and thighs. That’s just some opening info.

My question is about how I should be working out. I know my way vaguely around a gym. I’ve worked out before. But I guess I’m still what you call a beginner.

My biggest issue is that I don’t want to "bulk up" with muscle. I want to lose weight. At least till I’m at a reasonable weight and size. Then I might be interested in toning. All around I guess I have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing. Or even what I’m asking here. I guess I’m worried that I will work out too hard and just turn into a female body builder. I’m shooting for a slim body, not a muscular one. But I want to burn this fat and fast! But is it possible to work out too much?

I have the energy to work out a lot. Maybe even twice a day, like an hour a day. I have had only mild soreness each morning, nothing that would stop me. So far I’ve just been doing it once a day, about an hour. I do a small bit of stretching. Just a few stretches of my legs and arms. I get on the eliptical trainer for 30 minutes. I move at a pace that gets me breathing hard and sweating a bit. The machine usually reads my heart rate to be in the cardiovascular workout zone. After that I use a few of the weight machines that target areas I’m most concerned with (abs and arms). I just do a few sets, enough to "feel the burn" but not to injure myself. Then I’m done.

I plan to switch up when I get bored. I can swim at my gym. I enjoy swimming and used to be on a swim team. I also have a Wii and I have the Wii Active fit personal trainer program. So I have a lot of resources available to me.

I’ve been watching what I eat, however, with me breastfeeding I have to "eat for two" or 300 extra calories a day. I have to eat to have a good milk supply and I’m hungry more because of it. Dieting is really a struggle for me, I’m an italian and I love to cook. But I’m doing my best to stay away from fried, fast, sugary foods. I honestly think that’s as good as I get with that. I’m awesome at getting in fruits, veggies and dairy. I love all food, I don’t discriminate. LOL! But any suggestions there would be accepted.

I’m looking for sound advice here from either trainers or people that are very fit. I looked online for any information but it all seemed very generic and not what I was looking for. I’m hoping to get some answers this way. Thanks ahead to anyone who replies!!!

My diet consists of a lot of protein and complex carbs, very little sugar and no saturated fat. I cook with olive oil and that’s where most of my fat comes from.

Now, I’ve been monitoring my calorie loss by my heart rate monitor, and I just calculated that between March 9th and March 22nd, I’ve lost 9,023 calories.
I work out every day and the average calorie loss in one workout is about 650 calories.
My totally calorie intake is about 2000 a day. I use the LiveStrong.com food diary and calculator to figure it out.

Since I am going at it every day and losing many calories as you can see, is it really possible for me to drop significant weight from this point on?

I think I can.
But, based on my own calculations and food intake, what do you think?
Is 9,023 calorie loss a lot in that matter of time.

By the way, I don’t feel deprived whatsoever. I make sure I am never hungry and that I am comfortably full.
I also don’t eat past 6-7pm.
I drink about 64oz of water a day.
@Crazy Arab…WTF are you talking about I don’t respect my health??? I effing told you I eat about 2000 calories a day! If you can’t answer my question….then don’t answer my goddamn question…..loser..

Ok, well first off, a little info: I’m a weightlifter, so I generally don’t do cardio (as in running, etc.), my idea of cardio is HITT or just doing dips until I can’t lift myself anymore

So anyhow, I was lifting Sunday and blew a blood vessel above my eye (80kilo triceps extensions will do that) =/ and so I think it’s best that I take a few days off (it’s swollen and red and sore, etc.) good idea right? Right However, I don’t want to stop going to the gym.

Today I went to the gym and did some light lifting (just 80kilo squats/deadlifts) then got on an eliptical (spelling?) machine…cranked it up to resistance 15 and ran for 35minutes. My heart rate was between 165-175 the whole time, sweating, drank a bottle of water, overall felt like a good workout…however I wasn’t breathing heavy.

I got off the machine, took 5minutes to cooldown, then was like "um…I’m not remotely tired" and I wanted to get back on the machine. However, I’ve heard that anything over 40minutes releases…cortisol? And you really stop burning fat and lose muscle instead…which is why I stopped at 35minutes.

Maybe because I take a lot of supplements (like creatine, l-carnosine, beta-alanine, etc.) for weightlifting my muscles recovered really quickly, because I wasn’t tired or sore, and now I’m back home and I feel bored.

My question (now that you’ve got all this info) is can I do cardio multiple times a day and not burn muscle? Will doing cardio for 30-35minutes then taking a break (however long…which is why i’m asking because I don’t know) then doing cardio again 30-35 minutes have the same fat burning effect, or am I going to start burning muscle?

I eat healthy, lots of protein, all my vitamins, I watch my calories, etc. so diet is 100% and I’m in great shape, I just don’t want to burn muscle…I could’ve stayed on that machine for 2 or 3 hours, but don’t want to lose muscle.

Any help is appreciated. I don’t mind doing cardio 3x a day (morning afternoon night) if it’s practical, I’ve got some fat I wouldn’t mind losing anyway while I heal up.

Thank you for reading all of this! I know I tend to talk a lot.

P.S. Spammers you’ll get reported, so don’t waste your time, or mine. =/
I might reduce the protein intake…thanks for the tip, but how about multiple cardio workouts per day? I think I’m only gonna take a week off from heavy lifting, but in the meantime I’m bored quite frankly
Eric I guess you didn’t read the question…also fiber is non-digestible, it doesn’t burn fat.

Please see what I asked before posting guys? I workout, I am not spot targeting, I’m not dieting…I hurt myself weightlifting and am doing cardio till I recover…but 35minutes is so short and boring and not tiring at all. Can I workout more?

I’m 16 years old, 5 foot 11 inches, and weigh 276 pounds. You couldn’t tell from looking at me but that’s beside the point. I want to lose weight and for the past 3 or 4 days have been using an exercise bike. I’ve been doing it for an hour, at the lowest resistance for 20 minutes, one higher the next 20 minutes, and another higher the last 20. And I let myself cool down at the end. I don’t want interval training but I do need to know, is this going to help me lose weight. So far I’ve lost a pound or 2, and yes I’m also watching what I eat. When I do the bike for the hour I lose about 480 calories, which to me is nothing, but I don’t really eat much any more. I don’t starve myself though. And I drink enough water. So I just wanted to know, am I doing it right? My heart rate gets up to 130-132 at the last 20 minutes. Please help.

So for about a good year and a half I have been hard core gym training. I weighed about 160 when I started. I am a 19 year old female who is really trying to lose my last few pounds. I currently weigh give or take 130. I really want at least a 4 pack, but I am having troubles. I am about 5′6 1/2 and I need to loose about another inch or two just in my belly and maybe 2 inches in my back. I watch what I eat, I have been keeping my calories to about 1400. Some days are less, depending on what I eat. When i attend the gym about 6-7 days a week I always do either arms or legs. On hard days i do 5 sets of 12-14 and on others sometimes just 3 sets. I alwaysss work my abs, because it is the key point I want to burn. Leg pull ups, angle leg pull ups with 6 lb ball, ball crunches, 10lb ab twist, a ton more. With everything i usually do 3 sets of eat ab exercise. Some just sets of 12, some sets of 40-50. I seriously spend usually a good atleast 30 minutes on my abs. And i usually do diff work outs every other day. Like I will do leg pull ups one day but not the next (something else but different way). Then after I usually do legs or arms and abs I will do cardio. I alwaysss do atleast 45 minutes but lately I have been doing 60. I usually change up my machine every 3 months because I feel my body gets useto it. Lately I have been doing 60 minutes on a treadmill. Every 10 mins I change it up.. first 10 i have incline at 2 and speed at 4.4mph. the next 10 minutes I will raise incline to 7 and slow speed to 4.0mph. Now I sweat through this badass and I feel like its a really good work out. Sometimes I will do only a half our on treadmill and hit up an elliptical and raise the resistance. I have specifically always tried to occasionally change things up and some days I will even do the stair master for 30 and an arch trainer for 30. And I always like to have some heart rate increase during the course of it. I really do watch what I eat, I drink water with diet snapple (5 calorie packets) because I have trouble dirnking just water unless I am at the gym sweating. I dirnk skim milk and try to have atleast 5 fruits/veggies a day. I have a protien special K cereal in the morning and I do measure my food sizes. Like cereal – 3/4 cup with 1/2 cup skin milk. I have been trying lately to fill up on water when I feel like I need to eat. Sometimes its just boredom. I watch what I eat, i really do. I go for things that usually almost always have less sodium than calories, because thats what my doctor said. If I have a sandwich (maybe twice a week) i have wheat bread. I have been using wheat/multigrain everything when it comes to carbs. I have a yogurt everyday either Light Yoplait or Fiber/Light Activia. I live in a house where my family just lovesss cookies and other goodies so im pretty useto being able to say no. Sometimes even for dinner I microwave one of those steamable veggie packs and thats all i will even eat. I snack on fiber one bars, pretzles, and just fruit/veggies. Now ..my question is what should I do. I went out to dinner yesterday (fathers birthday) and I weighed myself this morning, my scale said i gained 2 lbs .. I also have a Tyler or w/e u call them scale that goes by .5 lbs. I thinking of getting a new one that goes by .2 so maybe it will make me happier. I’ve been told by someone I should be taking in more protein.. But I really feel like I will gain weight. Plus that stuff is pretty expensive. Now I know it is veryyy hard for a woman to get abs showing, but I would really like some tips or even advice. It took me about 15 minutes to type all this so please answer.

I know this sounds really really shallow but there is no nice way to put it.
I moved in with my new roommate in September and have been pretty miserable ever since.
First of all, she weighs 350 pounds and a size 26 pant.
She very rarely bathes, so much so, that the couch she sleeps on now smells like sour milk and body odor and it’s a smell we can’t get out even with copious amounts of frebreeze.
She eats constantly, totals up to 10,000 calories a day have been witnessed.
She works two jobs, but very few hours at each.
During her free time, she eats and watches porn on her laptop.
She ALWAYS takes up the entire couch and hogs the TV so she can watch hours of anime.
All my other roommates are getting really fed up with her behavior. We have to grocery shop several times a week just because she is inconsiderate and eats everyone else’s food.
She complains that she never has any free spending money when really, it all goes to worth of McDonalds, twice a day.
I don’t think the word "exercise" is even in her vocabulary. She has to sit down every couple of minutes just when she’s getting ready to take one small bag of garbage to the dumpster downstairs.
Even after a couple of very uncomfortable "serious" talks with her, she acts as if she comprehends, then completely disregards it, like we were talking to a brick wall all the time.
We think she really doesn’t care at all about her health because at the rate she is gaining, she’s getting closer and closer to giving herself a heart attack without warning and just dying.
Please help. What can we, as roommates, do to help her get healthier? What can we do about her serious food problems?
We signed a lease with her the second week of september and we get fined quite a bit of money if we break the lease before it expires next year. So as much as I would LOVE to jump at the chance to move out, I don’t have the money to pay the fine. Sorry if that was your only solution.
She is really affecting everyone’s lives. We’re spending all of our hard earned money to keep food in the house. She is a very negative influence on those of us who want to live healthy lifestyles and it’s very difficult when she comes home and eats 2 pizzas at once. I’m not being ignorant or rude it’s honestly the truth about her and she obviously has no clue about how negatively we feel about her out of control eating habits. Please no hating. Thanks.

well im doing insanity workout and im 19 year old girl with small wrist i need a accurate watch heart rate monitor ,and changable battery by my own.i want the exact calories burned shown by the monitor which brand is the best which one?suggestion?

I’m very overweight (obese would be the technical term). I’m 5′4" and 194 lbs and I’m 22… this is the heaviest I have ever been (the most I ever weighed before this was 152 lbs… my normal weight is 110-125lbs) I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid earlier this year, but that has since been corrected with Synthroid. My doctor prescribed me Glucophage a couple of days ago to help me get a head start, since the extra weight I am carrying is making exercise more difficult and raising my heart rate (resting heart rate is in the mid to upper 90’s and I can top out at 183 when at a slight jog).
I was wondering what kind of side effects I can expect, how long it will take to work, and any other tips regarding the medication would be helpful.

P.S.
Also, I have been watching what I eat, exercising 3x a week as of right now (it would be more often if not for my heart rate), calories have been cut, and I am eating healthy foods (fast food has been cut out completely, and carry-out has been 95% eliminated). This has been prescribed ONLY for a short period to give me a kick-start on my weight loss before I have any serious complications from the weight. So please, no comments regarding laziness bc I am choosing to take these at the recommendation of my physician… I am taking an active role in getting my weight down, and I value my long-term health and would rather deal with a few tolerable side-effects for a couple of months if it helps me get to the point that I can simply watch what I eat and exercise without difficulty. I’m not trying to take an easy out. Thanks!

I am 5 feet 11 inches, weight 237 pounds.

I just purchased a heart rate monitor with a chest strap that computes calorie burn during an exercise.

I decided to use it on a boot camp class at 24 hour fitness.

It was a really intense work out. I couldn’t keep up al the way.

I have been working out constantly for almost a year so I am not totally out of shape.

Anyways, at the end of my work out, my HRM said I burned 1323 calories.

It was about an hour of intense workout with no breaks in between.

I was just wondering if that number makes sense, or is it too high to be credible?

Thanks

Ok so right now im 5"10 in height, weight 180lbs, and 21 years old.

My bodyfat percentage is a little under 12% and im trying to get it too 6-8%.

RIght now here is my weight training/cardio schedule… I jog 6 days a week at a low/moderate pace for 6 miles every day. A personal trainer told me id be burning about 60% fat, 1% protein, and 39% sugar at the pace im going at according to heart rate monitors, that sound like the correct zone?

I also weight train 5-6 times a week doing biceps/back, triceps, and chest/shoulders on different days (also abs/legs twice a week).

My questions are, should i always eat when im hungry? I recently just lost about >10% bodyfat (in the past 6 months) and gained mostly muscle (i lost only like 8 lbs lol) and im trying to become a fitness model now! My abs are finally showing (in the right light) and im really happy (never accomplished this before).

Ive been doing cardio all this time with muscle building but it seems the results are REALLY slow and im doing this 100% naturally, so no creatine/andro invovled, just high protein basically.

I just want to know if this routine will work to burn 4% bodyfat, and cause me to gain about 5-10 lbs of muscle. Its just been so slow the past month now and im not really losing much noticeable bodyfat anymore (ya just when my abs start showing). Any advice on what to do differently?

Any helps appreciated and i know this was a long post so thanks in advance!
Jeff, as i do appreciate your answer, its wrong.

While its true your muscles need nutrients to grow… you dont seem to understand the basics of cardiovascular exercise.

Running at 60% of your max heart rate is FUELED 60% by FAT (directly from your fat tissue), its not calories that get burned… so… ya…. you should really stop telling people that.

With the HB 8M00 you have a disturbance free transmission chest belt which sends accurate heart rate information to the watch. This minimizes the interference from other heart beat monitors in your environment.

I just purchased a watch/monitor to keep track of my calories burned while exercising. I am 5′4 and 220 pounds, female, and 20 yrs old. According to many online calculators and my watch, there are big differences. I just did a high impact aerobics course and my watch was like 250 calories off! How can this watch really know what I am burning if its doesn’t allow me to program my weight/age/height/gender?

A CALORIE-TORCHING SEQUENCE FOR TONING AND STRETCHING YOUR WHOLE BODY! REPEAT AND CREATE WITH THESE POSES AS YOU GET YOUR HEART RATE–AND YOUR METABOLISM UP!

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before i hit a plateau…my heart rate is getting up around 135-155 so my exercise is ok of right now..i weight 329.8 right now and im 6′0 on my watch it says im burning 500-600 calories i workout for 45 mins 4 times a week

What is the optimum heart rate for burning fat and is it really that important?

Age: 17
Gender:Female
Weight:As Of Today 282(half naked lol) Yesterday I Was 284.8(Clothes)
Morbidly Obese
Height 5′7” 3/4 Almost 5′8 hehe

(tip for people// clothes do weigh you down on the scale so get naked and then check your weight. haha. Not as if it makers a big difference for me but hey every lb counts

Anyway Its 5 I ate 610 Cals so far today. I Havent Ate Yet Because I Just Got Done Exercising. I already counted my total day calories count it will end up at 1032(not good i know) I Try To Get To 1200-1400 Its Kinda hard sometimes. MoVing On

I Worked Out For A Total Minutes Of 84:41 Thats 1hr 24 Mins & 41 Seconds For Those Who Dont Know./// Thats Kinda Bad Time Since i Do 91 Mins The Other Day.
I have a watch that does my heart rate, weight, timer, and calories burn. I added today’s total of 779! I burned more then i ate…..is that bad or good thing?

My Workout Consists Of Lots Of Cardio And Strengt Training
I dont do it all at one time by the way. I Do once between breakfast and launch and then the rest between launch and dinner. The First Half Is Mostly Cardio And The Second Half Little Cardio, More strength training.

All I Want To Know Is, Is That Good?

Is it bad if i burned more then i ate already?

Thanks For Reading. Best Answer Will Receive 10 poorrow i always pick a best answer and reply.
I know its not enough cal’s. I might have little more so i can get 1200 or little more then that. I just dont want to stuff myself

I got this as a gift and it came with a T317 Transmitter-do I have to use the chest strap in order to read my calories burned?
(I don’t care about monitoring heart rate….)

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