cancerous tumor in thalamus. My cousin Dave, we recently found out, has a large cancerous tumor in his left thalamus. He was able to undergo a biopsy, but they are saying it is inoperable. Right now, I do not know what type of tumor it is (the results of the biopsy) but we are waiting.
When you exercise in your fat burning zone, you use a greater percentage of calories from fat than at other heart rate zones. You reach your typical fat burning zone when your heart rate is at 55 percent to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate.
2. Determine Your Resting Heart Rate. Take your pulse before you get out of bed in the morning. Do this for several days in a row to get consistent readings. 3. Calculate Your Heart-Rate Reserve. Subtract your heart's resting rate from your maximum rate. For example, if you are 40 years old, subtract that number from 220; your maximum rate is 180. Next, subtract your resting rate, 80 in this example. Your heart-rate reserve is 100 beats per minute. This heart-rate reserve represents the cushion heartbeats available for exercise. 4. Calculate Your Aerobic Training Heart-Rate Range for Fat Burning. This fat-burning range will lie between 50 and 75 percent of your heart-rate reserve. Using the example above, 50 percent of 100 beats per minute is 50. And 75 percent of 100 is 75. Next, add your resting heart rate to both numbers: 50 + 80 = 130 and 75 + 80 = 155.