I just started to bike like for 30 to 35 min a day not much but its a start! I was talking with daughter well she is 22 so she know everything...lol... but she told me that i will never loose weight like that i need to bike more and rev heart rate.. when i bike heart rate is about 80, 70, 90 goes up and down its a heart monitor wich is attach to the bike.. oh and by the way i hate heart monitor just to let you know i had a very bad experience with those and it freak me out...
Is she right...????
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Depends on the way you do it. If you're using a fairly flat course, then yes you might possibly lose efficacy in time, as the body adapts.
If you're using a course that fluctuates in elevation, then the body keeps guessing retaining more efficacy.
However don't just use Cardio to lose weight. You only need 2-3 of those sessions again, and then adding 3-4 sessions of weights a week.
If you're using a course that fluctuates in elevation, then the body keeps guessing retaining more efficacy.
However don't just use Cardio to lose weight. You only need 2-3 of those sessions again, and then adding 3-4 sessions of weights a week.
Hi,
well at least you're doing something, its a start.
So you are using a HRM, have you worked out your Max HR? To make the HRM work for you, you need to start working in %of you HR max. To work this out, use 220-your age. this gives you your theoretical max HR.
I've heard that there is a "Fat burning zone," but there really isn't. Sorry, but to initiate fat burning you need to use all the glucose so your body needs to look for energy from your fat reserves. So you should try get your heart rate up above 65% of your HR max. But don't do that straight away, you need to build yourself up to that. And then you need to do quite long sessions. You can work out your calories using calculators on the net, or your HRM might do it for you. Add the Calories burned to your basal metabolic rate (you can find a calculator on the net) and then you need to be eating just slightly less than that. All you need to do is track your food and exercise on FitTracker.
And now the biggest truth, you cant loose fat with out building some muscle! So some weight training is necessary!
Hope this helps a bit
well at least you're doing something, its a start.
So you are using a HRM, have you worked out your Max HR? To make the HRM work for you, you need to start working in %of you HR max. To work this out, use 220-your age. this gives you your theoretical max HR.
I've heard that there is a "Fat burning zone," but there really isn't. Sorry, but to initiate fat burning you need to use all the glucose so your body needs to look for energy from your fat reserves. So you should try get your heart rate up above 65% of your HR max. But don't do that straight away, you need to build yourself up to that. And then you need to do quite long sessions. You can work out your calories using calculators on the net, or your HRM might do it for you. Add the Calories burned to your basal metabolic rate (you can find a calculator on the net) and then you need to be eating just slightly less than that. All you need to do is track your food and exercise on FitTracker.
And now the biggest truth, you cant loose fat with out building some muscle! So some weight training is necessary!
Hope this helps a bit
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Well right now i use bike in the house but in the summer i will use outdoor bike to go to work which is about 1:30 min each way.. and depend on the wind wow sometime its quite hard.Boss Man wrote:Depends on the way you do it. If you're using a fairly flat course, then yes you might possibly lose efficacy in time, as the body adapts.
If you're using a course that fluctuates in elevation, then the body keeps guessing retaining more efficacy.
However don't just use Cardio to lose weight. You only need 2-3 of those sessions again, and then adding 3-4 sessions of weights a week.
Why not to use cardio to lose weight? Litfing weight... holy i try to lift little weight oh boy i can do only like 10 reps of 5 lbs... i have no muscle at all in arms ... legs well i have alittle bit more...
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Hi!SafaAndy wrote:Hi,
well at least you're doing something, its a start.
So you are using a HRM, have you worked out your Max HR? To make the HRM work for you, you need to start working in %of you HR max. To work this out, use 220-your age. this gives you your theoretical max HR.
I've heard that there is a "Fat burning zone," but there really isn't. Sorry, but to initiate fat burning you need to use all the glucose so your body needs to look for energy from your fat reserves. So you should try get your heart rate up above 65% of your HR max. But don't do that straight away, you need to build yourself up to that. And then you need to do quite long sessions. You can work out your calories using calculators on the net, or your HRM might do it for you. Add the Calories burned to your basal metabolic rate (you can find a calculator on the net) and then you need to be eating just slightly less than that. All you need to do is track your food and exercise on FitTracker.
And now the biggest truth, you cant loose fat with out building some muscle! So some weight training is necessary!
Hope this helps a bit
Well i just use the one which on the bike i had well still have a heart monitor watch that goes on wrist and around waist....but i am not using this for 2 years now because one day when i was walking the watch went to 245 bmp and i panic so yes heart rate went up I fealt week and funny i think most of it because i panic and the reason i panic was because dad died at 35 from a heart attach so i am little nervous with anything which have to do with your heart ( mom told me that he had a good heart its was just the hard meds he was on for his cancer that did this to him) but i still nervous ... anyway i went for all think of test, ekg, stress test, nuclear stress test, 24 hrs heart monitor and everything came up fine... but i still nervous so i don't use the heart monitor watch anymore!
But now since i pass all the test and i am fine supposely i want to strart to where i was before ... i need to loose about 30 lbs so i want to be more healthy! I usually eat good stuff but men i got a sweet tooth..lol
So i am 40 max is 180 so i have to bike 65% ... hum...
How much calories i have to eat a day to loose weight ? Do you know?
When you say long session so maybe like biking at 65% of max for like 1 hours! Or should i continu biking for 30 min but try to go faster to rev heart rate.... On bike with the heart monitor stuff i got how many miles i do and how many calories i burn but men i bike for 35 min and only burn 25 calories... that does not make to much sence to me...lol
Oh boy that kind of sound complicated..lol...
lol
Ok, the reason your HRM told you your HR was over 200 was more than likely because one of the batteries was flat, its happened to me before, I changed the battery, and didn't have the problem again. Or make sure the chest strap is moist and makes good contact with your chest.
You need to calculate your basal metabolic rate, try this easy link
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calcu ... basal.html
To get an accurate calories burned while riding use the calculator below
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/At ... burned.jsp
Add the 2 values together, and that will be approximately how much you burn in total.
Now ideally, you don't want to eat more than that a day, if you do, you will end up putting on weight.
As for how long, and the intensity you ride at, I think that to start off, ride long, but easy(65%), then when you feel more fit, start riding harder. Interval training is very effective as a way of promoting fat loss, but you need to develop your base fitness first.
Hope this helps
Ok, the reason your HRM told you your HR was over 200 was more than likely because one of the batteries was flat, its happened to me before, I changed the battery, and didn't have the problem again. Or make sure the chest strap is moist and makes good contact with your chest.
You need to calculate your basal metabolic rate, try this easy link
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calcu ... basal.html
To get an accurate calories burned while riding use the calculator below
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/At ... burned.jsp
Add the 2 values together, and that will be approximately how much you burn in total.
Now ideally, you don't want to eat more than that a day, if you do, you will end up putting on weight.
As for how long, and the intensity you ride at, I think that to start off, ride long, but easy(65%), then when you feel more fit, start riding harder. Interval training is very effective as a way of promoting fat loss, but you need to develop your base fitness first.
Hope this helps
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Oh god... you had this happen do you I guess you are not one to panic like me...lol...lmao... I was sure that i was done that was it ..i was dying for a heart attach.... I don't know if i will put this thing on again.... i wonder when you go around big tower if it could influence the HRM or also i had cell phone in a strap right close to the watch maybe that too... hum i don't know but all i know that it screat the $%%$ out of me...lolSafaAndy wrote:lol
Ok, the reason your HRM told you your HR was over 200 was more than likely because one of the batteries was flat, its happened to me before, I changed the battery, and didn't have the problem again. Or make sure the chest strap is moist and makes good contact with your chest.
You need to calculate your basal metabolic rate, try this easy link
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calcu ... basal.html
To get an accurate calories burned while riding use the calculator below
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/At ... burned.jsp
Add the 2 values together, and that will be approximately how much you burn in total.
Now ideally, you don't want to eat more than that a day, if you do, you will end up putting on weight.
As for how long, and the intensity you ride at, I think that to start off, ride long, but easy(65%), then when you feel more fit, start riding harder. Interval training is very effective as a way of promoting fat loss, but you need to develop your base fitness first.
Hope this helps
Ok... cool thank you for the link i will look at them i did not have the chance to do so yesterday i was pretty busy at work...
Interval training you talking about weight training? so i should wait before i do weight training until i am more fit....?
I have try one day to lift weight i have a weight set downstair with the leg stuff and bar bell and other weight 5 and 10 lbs... but wow i have a hard time to do this i can barely do 10 reps... so I guess with time i will become stronger...
Thank a lots for the info..!
Hey if i have other question do you mind if i contact you?
You can always contact me, I love helping people.
Interval training is when you warm up, then do a certain time at a high heart rate, then a bit at low heart rate, and repeat it a few times, then cool down.
I would let body adapt to training before I start doing weights if I where you. Maybe start in 2 or 3 weeks. When you start you want to be doing light weights, cause there is nothing worse than being stiff after your first workout, I've seen a few people stop right there. and that is not what you need, you want to be excited about the training
Good luck
Interval training is when you warm up, then do a certain time at a high heart rate, then a bit at low heart rate, and repeat it a few times, then cool down.
I would let body adapt to training before I start doing weights if I where you. Maybe start in 2 or 3 weeks. When you start you want to be doing light weights, cause there is nothing worse than being stiff after your first workout, I've seen a few people stop right there. and that is not what you need, you want to be excited about the training
Good luck
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Good morning! I hope i don't bug you too muchSafaAndy wrote:You can always contact me, I love helping people.
Interval training is when you warm up, then do a certain time at a high heart rate, then a bit at low heart rate, and repeat it a few times, then cool down.
I would let body adapt to training before I start doing weights if I where you. Maybe start in 2 or 3 weeks. When you start you want to be doing light weights, cause there is nothing worse than being stiff after your first workout, I've seen a few people stop right there. and that is not what you need, you want to be excited about the training
Good luck
So i went on the site that you gave me and BMR is: 1438.7 and then i went on the other site and put Bicycling stationary very light effort for 35 min and it came out that calory burned are 228! (I only put light effort because i don't go very fast... i don't even sweat and the knob is only at 2 it can go up to 10.
I was very depressed when i saw on bike that i only burn 35 calory for biking like 35 min, is bike crewed-up...
I just bought it this Christmas...its also show how fast you go, the miles, heart so maybe its not very accurate....Ok so what do i do with those numbers? Sorry but i am kind of lost with all that stuff...
No problem,
Your BMR + calories burned during exercise = approximate calories burned during the day. In your case, it was 1666Cal.
Now if you track what food you eat during a day, using the foodtracker on this site, it will tell you how many calories you eat in a day. So as long as you are eating less than you are using (BMR+Cal from exercise) you can't put on Fat. If you eat more than you used, your body will store the excess, usually as fat.
There should be a way to put in your age, weight, height and gender into the bikes computer. I never read the manuals of anything I bye, so it takes me months to figure most stuff out. Look in the manual for directions.
Hope this helps
Your BMR + calories burned during exercise = approximate calories burned during the day. In your case, it was 1666Cal.
Now if you track what food you eat during a day, using the foodtracker on this site, it will tell you how many calories you eat in a day. So as long as you are eating less than you are using (BMR+Cal from exercise) you can't put on Fat. If you eat more than you used, your body will store the excess, usually as fat.
There should be a way to put in your age, weight, height and gender into the bikes computer. I never read the manuals of anything I bye, so it takes me months to figure most stuff out. Look in the manual for directions.
Hope this helps
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Oh yes you are helping me a great deal thank you very much...SafaAndy wrote:No problem,
Your BMR + calories burned during exercise = approximate calories burned during the day. In your case, it was 1666Cal.
Now if you track what food you eat during a day, using the foodtracker on this site, it will tell you how many calories you eat in a day. So as long as you are eating less than you are using (BMR+Cal from exercise) you can't put on Fat. If you eat more than you used, your body will store the excess, usually as fat.
There should be a way to put in your age, weight, height and gender into the bikes computer. I never read the manuals of anything I bye, so it takes me months to figure most stuff out. Look in the manual for directions.
Hope this helps
So then i burn more calorie when i am biking or what ever exercices i do and i add this to BMR calorie for the day will increase...so how will i loose weight if i can eat more calories?
I suppose the more calorie you burn the more you have to eat to be able to burn calories?
lol no i can't enter any infor on bike.. its was quite sheap...! Sometime is you don't put your hands properly on the stuff for the heart monitor to watch it won't show nothing! Well i will use if for now and later on maybe next winter i will buy a new bike... since summer is coming i tend to use bike to go to work like i use to before that heart monitor watch freak me out... i totally stop doing any exercice i did not even want to walk is this crazy or what...
but it take me about 1:30 min one way to go to work so i will try to start this in a few month probably in the begining of June when the weather is nicer here!I wonder if the some device i can put on outdoor bike that will tell me how many calorie i burn and miles etc...
Hey,
If you are trying to loose weight, then you need to eat less calories than you use (BRM +Exercise) If you are trying to maintain your weight, then try get the numbers as close as possible. If you are trying to gain weight (but not fat) you need to eat lots, you also have to lift weights. And you need to eat carefully, but that's a very long story.
You can go to any decent bike shop, and ask for a cycling computer for you outdoor bike. Get them to put it on and set it up for you, they can be tricky.
If your bike isn't picking up your HR, try wetting your hands a little, it seems to help.
If you are trying to loose weight, then you need to eat less calories than you use (BRM +Exercise) If you are trying to maintain your weight, then try get the numbers as close as possible. If you are trying to gain weight (but not fat) you need to eat lots, you also have to lift weights. And you need to eat carefully, but that's a very long story.
You can go to any decent bike shop, and ask for a cycling computer for you outdoor bike. Get them to put it on and set it up for you, they can be tricky.
If your bike isn't picking up your HR, try wetting your hands a little, it seems to help.
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Oh....ok so this might be a stupid question but why i have to add the calori burn (by exercice) to BMR....since when i do exercice i lose calorie so why add those calories to what you need to eat during the day?SafaAndy wrote:Hey,
If you are trying to loose weight, then you need to eat less calories than you use (BRM +Exercise) If you are trying to maintain your weight, then try get the numbers as close as possible. If you are trying to gain weight (but not fat) you need to eat lots, you also have to lift weights. And you need to eat carefully, but that's a very long story.
You can go to any decent bike shop, and ask for a cycling computer for you outdoor bike. Get them to put it on and set it up for you, they can be tricky.
If your bike isn't picking up your HR, try wetting your hands a little, it seems to help.
Ok i not sure that i have express myself proprely sometime i kind of come out wrong since i am french and i have a hard time to make sentence properly!!!!
oups.... no problem, I have quite a few French Canadian friends, I'm used to it
Your BMR is the amount of energy you body need just to perform its normal function (keeping you alive) as if you don't get out of bed, so in other words it is the absolute minimum calories your body will use in any day.
Adding you exercise calories to that will give you your total used for the day. This total lets you see how much you need to eat, depending on what you want to do with your weight.
So you don't need to eat that much, unless you want to gain or maintain weight.
Hope that explains it a bit better
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Prrrrr fect... you explain it pretty good... maybe you should be a personal trainer... your explanation are prettty good and straight forward..SafaAndy wrote:
no problem, I have quite a few French Canadian friends, I'm used to it
Your BMR is the amount of energy you body need just to perform its normal function (keeping you alive) as if you don't get out of bed, so in other words it is the absolute minimum calories your body will use in any day.
Adding you exercise calories to that will give you your total used for the day. This total lets you see how much you need to eat, depending on what you want to do with your weight.
So you don't need to eat that much, unless you want to gain or maintain weight.
Hope that explains it a bit better
Ok so that good i will check this out and find the site you were talking about to track what i eat during the day!
Hum so no weight liftting yet...right until i more fit?
And hum... What a want actually is to be able to loose like 30 pound...its funny i have 30 extra pounds on but its all over not at one place only so its kind of har to see if you look at me but when i told people i way this much.. they go what...no way...well i not that big i weight 157 but its BIG I WANT TO BE 130 LIKE I USE TO BE 6 YEARS AGO yack i don't like to be that way its suck!!!! And it make you feel that you did achive nothing but anyway i want to loose weight and build some muscle because i want to look good when i am 60 or 70 i want to be strong with nice lean muscle... but wow do you ever need determination and will power because their so much stuff to distract you!!!!
I think that maybe every night i will encrease time of 5 min so if yesterday i bike 30 i will 35 tonignt and i will increase the endurance button because i am only at 2 so its not that hard to pedal compare of when i use bike in the summer well that a different story wow the wind sometime is not too pleasent and it seem that its always in the direction i go.. because in the am i am going west and i have the wind in face most of the time and in pm when i go home i am going east and there is it...its probably know and said..*** this one hum i will gave it to her good...**** oh boy i talk to much i could probably write a book sorry....