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**blodwarttufla** · 12-03-2005, 07:00 AM

First of, exercise is exercise. Congratulations for making an effort to do something, get moving!

The thing with the heart rates is just that as you work at a higher intensity your body will burn more calories overall, but it will try to pull the energy from glycogen stores more than fat.

At lower intensity, you'll be burning less calories but more of those calories will come from fat stores.

Look at it as a win-win situation.

If you can walk at a moderate intensity for 45 minutes to an hour it's good and itf you want to do higher intensity or interval cardio for half an hour it's all good.

As long as you are burning the calories that's what matters. Don't get hung up on anything else.

12-03-2005, 07:00 AM	#2
blodwarttufla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	First of, exercise is exercise. Congratulations for making an effort to do something, get moving! The thing with the heart rates is just that as you work at a higher intensity your body will burn more calories overall, but it will try to pull the energy from glycogen stores more than fat. At lower intensity, you'll be burning less calories but more of those calories will come from fat stores. Look at it as a win-win situation. If you can walk at a moderate intensity for 45 minutes to an hour it's good and itf you want to do higher intensity or interval cardio for half an hour it's all good. As long as you are burning the calories that's what matters. Don't get hung up on anything else.
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