morning cardio - intensity

[Senior Woonaki]

JKURZ do you check you heart rate??? Just curious what your stats are and what kind of speed incline you use...

I am by no means pushing it in the morning, I am going about as fast as I can without losing the ability to carry on a conversation...

Thanks for all the contribution. We can all learn a lot for each others experiences

 

[Synpax]

I'm going to have to disagree and I don't do it often...........it's PROVEN that at that high of intensity, glucose is the first to be burned........then we are talking anytrhing you've eaten, carbs, protein, muscle then fat......it's not until the later stages (35-45minutes) that you truly tap into your fat stores........at a lower intensity, fat stores are tapped in first......I walk on the treadmill at its highest elevation at a decent speed and have dropped an incredible amount of fat...............

Two points:

1) You are correct - but my understanding based on my coaching (I have three worldclass runners as my coaches), is that the glucose burning that leads to lactose acid building up, etc etc etc only happens at extreme levels, levels you probably cannot maintain for 45 minutes. That is your anabolic threshold. At a heartrate of 75% or so for SW, he is probably staying within his 'aerobic' threshold and not digging himself in a hole.

2) If it's proven, provide a link to a study or transcribe some printed material. I look forward to reading it.

 

[OXANDRIN]

distance runners train below 75% of their max hr

 

[INNOCENT]

i also was told to do low intensity, better for fat burning on AM cardio before breakfast