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Old 10-23-09, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tombailey
Yes - teaching your body to burn fat at increasingly higher intensities by training at lower intensities can help use more fat than carbohydrate for fuel in the long term. Unfortunately this is not what "the fat burning zone" is, as used in this type of situation and the reason I'm calling it a myth.
Yea, I think we're both trying to say the same thing, but at the same time "not go there". I agree there isn't a set HR zone that is more efficient at regular fat burning. There is a lot more too it than that with intensities and cycling specific nutrition.
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