Healthy Heart Zone
By Chad Tackett
The first zone is called the Healthy Heart Zone. This is
50-60% of your max HR. This is the easiest and most comfortable zone
within which to train and is the one that is best for people who are
just starting an exercise program or have low functional capacity. Those
of you who are walkers most likely train at this zone. Although this
zone has been criticized for not burning enough total calories, and
for not being intense enough to get great cardiorespiratory benefits,
it has been shown to help decrease body fat, blood pressure and cholesterol.
It also decreases the risk of degenerative diseases and has a low risk
of injury. In this zone, 10% of carbohydrates are "burned"
(used as energy), 5% of protein is burned and a whopping 85% of fat
is burned.
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