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So I shelled out for a lactate test with blood tests and everything, and was told my treshold is 165 bpm or 11.8 km/t on a treadmill.
This was at a lab in my local uni and the dude doing the tests is apparently a well respected academic in his field. Now here's the bit I find a little confusing; for fat burn he advised me to stay in zone 1, where, according to him I should not go above 140 bpm. But according to the internets, zone 2 provides optimal fat burn and in my case this would be 135 - 147.
Personally, I would find the latter to be much more enjoyable, and with plenty of room before my lactate threshold at 165 there should be little risk of me sabotaging my fat burn right?