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If I exercise at a lower intensity, will I burn more fat?

Anyone who has been in a gym within the past 25 years has seen it. You know, that little easy-to-read chart on every piece of cardio equipment with the perfectly linear trend line showing the progression of heart rate to your exercise, “stage”. Many of these visual aids like to display that when your heart rate reaches 120-150 beats/minute that you are in the, “maximum fat burning zone”. Although it’s true that you’re predominantly burning more fat over other fuel sources like