The Truth About the “Fat Burning Zone”

By now we are all familiar with the “fat burning zone” theory… that wondrous aerobic training ideal that rapidly took on an almost mythical like status for its alleged capacity to melt fat off the frames of its disciples. According to the adage, if fat loss is our goal it is within this relatively low intensity range of 50-70% maximum heart rate (MHR) that the majority of our exercise minutes should be spent. Hence the origin of the long, slow, steady state aerobic zone workouts that now don the screens of cardio machines the world over and continue to pervade most weight loss programs today despite…