Calories eaten: 1976
Breakdown(c/p/f): 43/16/39
Water: 2L
Workout: 3-mile walk
Workout time: 47:56
Distance: 3 miles
Average speed: 3.76 mph
In target HR zone (125-164): 0:36:57
Average HR: 129 bpm
Calories burned: 344(172)
Yep, just one workout yesterday. I had the best of intentions for breaking out the weights at home...it just didn't happen. Instead, I baked peanut butter cookies, which doesn't have quite the same effect.
Posted by Joy at April 29, 2005 10:14 AMDid you notice that your walk seems to have burned way more fat that your run the day before? HR 129 instead of 155. You burnt way more calories running, but the anaerobic zone really starts eating into muscle. Of course all of that is estimations by Polar based on formulas and what they assume your anaerobic threshold is, so who knows. It is interesting though.
Posted by: Rob on April 29, 2005 10:36 AM
It is interesting...I started noticing it almost immediately when I started paying attention to those percentages. I've started a post about it a couple times, then gotten distracted by other things.
Yeah, I'm not sure where Polar sets the limit on their formulas either. They put my 70% MHR at 152, so I would guess that's when their percentage starts to decline. Since my runs stay consistent in the 160s-170s lately, that 25-30 minutes is all over what they consider the fat-burning zone.
Generally, I've noticed the fat % on my runs is 30-35, and 50-55 on walks. So if my primary objective is fat-burning, I'm better off trying to keep my HR in the 60-70% range for most workouts.
Which, funny, is exactly what Jarrod said two weeks ago. :) Though he had different reasons, IIRC.
Posted by: joy on April 29, 2005 10:58 AM