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2006/02/22, 02:08 PM
Hello all, in my quest to become fit and prep for a 10k race I bought myself a Polar HRM. Now I am overweight. "Hey I am honest" I weight in at 210lb, and that is down from 230lb, from when I started. I decided to wear my HRM today when I did my shoulder workout. I noticed that I was in my target heart rate for fat burning (60-70%ish) while doing the weights. I don't take long breaks between sets, and do 10-20reps depending on what the excercise is.
One is this normal? I would assume doing any type of fitness is obviously going to raise your heart rate, and two would this be as much of a benefit for weight loss, as going for a run is?
I guess I just assume it does not matter what your doing, as long as your working in your target HR. Also between excecises I did not take long breaks either. It was go from one straight to another, with 10-20 sec. breacks between sets.
Any Opinions are welcome.
Thanks
John
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