Have you ever heard of the FAT BURNING zone?

It’s a great name however the idea that you can get your heart rate to a certain level that automatically burns pure fat, or even more fat than usual is … I was going to use a 4 letter word starting with c but lets keep the language out of the gutter and say a Fib .

The truth is that your body loves to burn carbs – and keep fat around for later. Which is why a no-carb diet can in fact work very well even if it makes someone feel like the living dead – which then causes them to give up.

So don’t expect a “magic” heart rate to change your body’s mind, it just won’t happen. You need to combine a number of techniques to ensure that your body keeps burning fat while you enjoy the process

Here’s a secret, certain exercises, depending how you do them, won’t raise your heart rate much at all – but they still burn fat. One man I know used it to drop 20 pounds in 60 days. Not bad considering he gained a bit of muscle at the same time.

So stay away from anything involving a zone.