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How do you get it up - your heart rate, that is?

November 3, 2006

There's so many options when it comes to getting an aerobic workout. FitSugar wants to know which of the following is your favorite way to get your heart rate up?

Poll Aerobic

52 Comments

nycgirl 6 years 28 weeks

Mod, I am in the same boat as you. Former gymnast and pretty muscular, and my heartrate floats up around 172-181 pretty quickly. I haven't found it to be a bad thing, although on rare occasions I feel dizzy when I get off the elliptical. I just did some research and b/c you do burn more fat at lower heartrate, I'm trying to do that! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartrate

azucar_maddy 6 years 28 weeks

I use the elliptical most of all. I do an hour at a time about 6 days a week. I also do weights about 3-4 days a week, for about 35 min. I feel that I get in the *best* shape, and feel SO healthy when I do brisk walking and jogging outside on trails.

Kerri1 6 years 28 weeks

Bikram Yoga

Shiloh Jolie Pitt 6 years 28 weeks

for me it's either the treadmill or getting it on with my hubby, whatever comes up first hehehe... ______________________ ~~ in puris naturalibus ~~

karmasabitch 6 years 28 weeks

:TREAD: :JOG: hahaha I love the new smilies!! Yay fitsugar!!

ShoeS 6 years 28 weeks

I just turn on the music and dance with my girls!!! not like dance (pretty dance) But like psycho dance with hands and legs flying all over the place. Just be sure to watch out for kids :) heheh Well i like it and it's good for me... Plus it fun For kids:)!

OCgirl 6 years 28 weeks

I just started doing the Treadclimber and it kicks my butt! At first it felt a little awkward but you get used to it after 5 mins or so. I did it this morning for 30 mins and burned nearly 450 calories. It's so much better than doing the elliptical...try it!!!

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

k, I'll read it..

DesignRchic 6 years 28 weeks

MyOp, I just PM'ed you. My link to the article got deleted from this blog.

EcannDallas 6 years 28 weeks

im one of those that absolutely HATES working out! really i do. so i always get on the treadmill and watch my favorite shows like the office or greys anatomy. it makes the time seems to fly by honestly.

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

I believe so Mod, cause me and my sister, my mom and all her sisters look like we work out, and when we actually 'do'., we gotta take it easy. It's nice though, I'm not complaining.

Mod 6 years 28 weeks

I do have more natural muscle than most girls. I have always chalked it up to being a gymnast when I was younger, but maybe it has to do with having more testosterone. Interesting!

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

DesignrChic?

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

You got that right madame!! I got one of those in my garage and I'm sure it hates me!!

madame_emt 6 years 28 weeks

Krav Maga self defense gets my heart going! The center offers special kickboxing classes, but they only punch air. To me nothing is as satisfying as getting to punch/kick an actual bag. Plus, it's great stress relief!

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

like what Dchic?

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

and the cool part is, you're naturally muscular but have to be careful about working out cause it don't take long to get cut up~

DesignRchic 6 years 28 weeks

I believe you MyOp. I too have more testosterone than the average woman (got tested last week-blood test) but along with that are side-effects that I wish I didn't have.

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

The reason I say that is cause when I went to visit a friend of mine at his office (he's a nutrionalist), he let me do that testing where you sit still and breathe into this thing for like 10 minutes to check your heartrate and metabolism, and when he looked at my results he started laughing and said, 'dam girl, your testosterone is off the charts for a woman, according to this, you've ran around my building'.....I think it's just hyperactivity, that's all. If you've been like that your whole life, then don't worry about it....

DesignRchic 6 years 28 weeks

If you do have more testosterone, use it to your advantage. :STRONG:

amyfinke 6 years 28 weeks

I'm training for my first marathon, so I do most of my runs on a treadmill at the gym. I HATE running outside because boys/men always honk and yell at me!! :( It's also a lot safer running inside, which is important when you have to get up at 4:30 and do 9-10 miles before going to work!

My Opinion 6 years 28 weeks

You probably just have more testosterone than the average chick Mod.

DesignRchic 6 years 28 weeks

Maybe you could pass out? Breathing properly is so important too. I woder what FitSugar thinks about this. Just because you go really fast on a machine doesn't mean you're burning more calories. You can probably burn the same amount by going a little slower in pace and upping the resistance.

Mod 6 years 28 weeks

Thanks DesignRchic! I know that I am often above my target - I just don't know what sort of problems it presents. My body wants to be at the high end of the spectrum, I can feel it. Is it possible that some people don't fall into that range? Or do I have to half-a** my workouts?

DesignRchic 6 years 28 weeks

Mod, Your target heart rate for your age should be between 134 to 173 for a vigorous excercise. There are websites that have Target Rate Calculators that give you a range depending on your age and type of excercise you're doing.

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