Burn More Calories on Your Next Walk
Breathing Correctly:
Learn how to breath right so you can burn more fat on your walk. Make sure you breath through your nose and out your mouth. Breath in 4 counts and out for 2 counts. This helps ensure that you get as much oxygen to the muscles as possible, this makes it possible for your body to burn more fat.  Your body needs oxygen to burn fat. The more oxygenated your body is the more efficiently you will burn fat off your body.

Your Correct Heart rate for Fat Burn:
Consult the math on your right to find your correct heart rate to stay in fat burn.

Great Ways To Burn Fat: Not The Best Ways To Burn Fat:

For effective fat burn stick with long, slow, rhythmic workouts such as the following.

  • Fast Paced Walk
  • Slow Jogging
  • Treadmill
It is not impossible to get a fat burning workout when doing these exercises. In most cases these activities are too strenuous and work specific muscle fibers. These muscle fibers use sugar in your muscles and bloodstream to fuel your body. In other words your body is not burning fat for energy just sugars.

  • Boxing
  • Circuit Training
  • Elliptical Machine
  • Stair Climbing machine


Soon you will have to alternate between fast walks and jogging to keep your heart rate in a fat burn zone.




 

Your Correct Heart rate for Fat Burn
 
With practice, monitoring your heart rate is an easy and effective means of pacing yourself.
Step 1
220
- Age
= Maximum predicted heart rate

Step 2
Maximum predicted
heart rate
x 60% or 65%
= Fat Burning Zone

During an aerobic workout, count your heart rate after about 5 minutes of exercise. Do this by feeling for the pulse in your wrist or your throat. See if you can keep moving at a moderate pace while you check your heart rate. Count for 10 seconds, and then multiply that count by 6

If your heart rate is too slow or fast walk accordingly.