What Your Heart Rate Should Be to Burn Fat

Are you looking to burn fat? Cardiovascular exercise is a very important part of any weight loss plan, and the key to burning fat with cardio is to know what your target heart rate.


Your target heart rate is the range that you want to maintain your rank in your heart if you're trying to burn fat. Increasing your work in your target heart rate range, the more calories you burn, and then (with a healthy diet, of course) to lose weight.


Enough of that, now how are you going to find your target heart rate! It's very simple!


First, you take the number 220 and subtract your age. Since I'm thirty years old, I'll do:


220-30 = 190


This is my maximum heart rate. When you work, you must maintain a lower heart rate to that number. To find the range I want to work, multiply your maximum heart rate by 0.5 at the lowest level, and 0.85 times for the top of my target range. So taking the example (which uses its own number, of course), we will do this:


190 * 0.5 = 95 - it is the small number of my target heart rate range.


190 * 0.85 = 161.5 - this is the large number of my target heart rate range.


Therefore, when I exercise, I try to keep my heart rate between 95 and 161.5. To burn more calories, I try to keep close to 161.5. The next time you work, this is what you want to work for optimal fat burning!