What is Training Heart Rate Range?
Your Training Heart Rate Range is the range that your heart rate needs to be in, in order to burn fat at its most efficient rate. This is a critical part of cardio fitness because if you don’t know where you’re HR is at during your workout, you may not be doing the necessary amount of work, or reach the level of intensity in order to meet your goals.
People make the common mistake of thinking that just because they’re sweating, that they’re burning fat. This can be a costly error because in my opinion, it’s one of the biggest factors in people giving up on their workout program. Sweating doesn’t equal burning fat, getting to your training heart rate range burns fat!
In order for us to determine what our Training Heart Rate Range is, we must first know what our resting heart rate is. Age, resting heart rate and level of fitness are all determining factors for your Training Heart Rate Range.
The more work we do in our Training Heart Rate, the more fat we will burn! Being in your targeted range is the most efficient way to burn fat.
There are multiple ways to determine your Training Heart Rate Range, but the one I’ve used for my personal training clients as well as myself is the “Karvonen Formula”. It calculates what your Training Heart Rate Range should be during your cardio workouts.
THE FOLLOWING IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TRAINING HEART RATE RANGE COULD BE:
Age – 32
Resting Heart Rate – 78
60% of max - 144bpm
85% of max - 172bpm
THE PREVIOUS INFO IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TRAINING HEART RATE RANGE COULD BE:
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