Target Heart Rate

[Missy]

What is the proper way to determine your target heart rate? The fitness experts at my gym told me what mine should be...but how do you figure it out? I was looking it up online and could only find this....

http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/bl_THR.htm

At the gym the people told me I should be between 126-165...that's the range where I burn the most fat...

This site here tells me 117-156...

I guess they are pretty close..but isn't there something more accurate?

[Trying4Thin]

The only HR reading I rely on is the range that my monitor gives me. The ones that are listed on gym machines are for everyone. Not a specific individual. You would do better to have one that is specific for your needs. I am finding that I am burning more fat by staying under my target range. Weird I know...

~Carrie

[Missy]

When I say the gym..I mean the health guy who takes my measurements and checks my hydration and fat % with some kind of machine.

But I still find it confusing that everything tells you something different..I guess that's how the world works though..lol