Heart Rate Training for Endurance
Since the beginning of the year, I've been experimenting with a lower heart rate training than I usually do in my workouts. I'm trying to improve endurance and stamina. Some people call it exercising in the "Fat Burn Zone." I'm not convinced that it is burning my fat, but I do know this: it has improved my endurance. It is much easy to keep going and I don't feel tired or worn out from exercising. The idea is to work out at the level of exertion where your heart rate stays at the aerobic level. On my FitBit, it is called the fat burning level. If you exercise just a little harder, you begin to breathe harder, your heart pumps harder and you'll enter the cardio level. Really...