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Fitness Tip | What is Your Body Burning for Fuel?

Posted: May 14, 2009
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Author: Adam
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Filed under: Ask the Fitness Pro
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Tags: exercise, fitness tip, workout

Are you stressed out? Maybe not just from the trials of a divorce or break up, but just life! Heather Binns brings us the Second in a series of regular fitness tips.

Is this you? You workout regularly and don’t see the changes you want to see in your body. You exercise harder and harder, yet your body looks the same. Why is that? Most likely your body is burning carbohydrates for fuel rather than fat.

You need to achieve the right balance of physical fitness training and recovery so your body can transform. It’s important to have an adequate amount of base training to train your body to burn fat as a fuel first. This way you can workout smarter, not harder.

One of the best ways to gauge this is to determine your target heart rate training zone and workout with a heart rate monitor so you can stay in that zone. If you train too intensely, too often, your metabolism will be dependent on carbohydrates rather than fats for fuel. Training in this target heart rate zone ensures that your body burns more calories all day long!

For a full bio of Heather Binns, click here