questions about cardio training (frequences, intensity, etc...)

Hi everyone,

I just bought a device to measure my heart rate monitor, and I find it
so much fun to be able to see precisely how effective my activity is.
Anyway, I have some questions for the cardiotraining specialists out the

- for those who took the time (and spent the money) to check their
*real* maximal heart rate, did you find a big difference between the
results and the theoric "220-age" number ?

- The instruction manual of my monitor says that in orderto use fat, you
need to be between 60 and 70 bpm. They say it is a light to moderate
effort. Is there any real proportion between heart rate beating and
calorie burned ? I guess so but it's not so obvious to me.

Thanks for your answers and have a nice evening.


Huey

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Huey / started LC October 27th 2002
(1.74 m) 5ft 8 inch tall
lbs : 234 / 186 / 147 (-47) mini-goal : 182 lbs by August 20th 2004
kg : 106.4 / 84.9 / 67 (-21) mini-goal : 83 kg by August 20th 2004
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