Can't find the burned calories of my strength building program?

larsminnaar

Hey I just started out here to count my calories and I want to gain weight.
I mostly use the 5x5 program in the gym and that obviously also burns calories. Is there a way I can track those calories because it seems that only the cardiovascular excersises can be tracked to calories

cheers Lars

CyberTone

​Log individual sets of strength training exercises in the Strength Training list - it will not account for calories burned.

When completed, go to Cardiovascular and search for "Strength Training (weight lifting, weight training)" entry.

Enter the approximate total minutes, take a look at how many calories it suggested for that many minutes (for me, 60 minutes = 187 Cals per MFP), then adjust the number of minutes to get the number of Calories you want it to record. If I train for 60 minutes, I will enter only 30 minutes of Cardiovascular "Strength Training" so it doesn't overestimate the number of calories burned.

larsminnaar

Thanks alot! and I suppose you record half the time to account for rest between sets et cetera?

CyberTone

larsminnaar wrote: »

Thanks alot! and I suppose you record half the time to account for rest between sets et cetera?

​I was in weight loss and am now in maintenance mode, so I follow what some of the MFP members suggest, which is to record only 50% of the Calories burned estimated by the MFP activity calculator or other activity trackers - YMMV (your mileage may vary).