Logging body weight program?

MamaRiss

Little bit confused here. I just started Strong Curves today, starting with the body weight program. How should I log this or should I log it at all? Should I log it as generic "weight training" for a number of minutes. Or would it be better to log each individual move with sets and reps? I have no idea what I'm doing now. Also got a home gym yesterday that I'll be able to do some weighted exercises ( still trying to figure that thing out, I wanted free weights, hubby wanted safety), so that adds even more confusion. Surely the weights burn more than body weight? I seriously have no idea what I'm doing

So what advice do you lovely people have for me?

McCloud33

I just log mine as generic. It's not worth the hassle of entering each individual move especially since no calorie burn is exactly the same every time. As far as the weights vs body weight, the number of calories burned is going to be more dictated by how much rest you give yourself in between sets rather than the weight. Basically if you give yourself very little rest you can turn any weightlifting session into a "circuit" style that turns it into a cardio-ish workout. Likewise, if you are doing body weight exercises, but giving yourself 2 min of rest in between sets, you're going to be getting more of an anaerobic result.

Hopefully that makes sense.

MamaRiss

Thank you! I didn't have a lot of time today, so I moved through as quickly as possible. Used my HRM to give me an idea of where my calorie burn might fall (it has a "weight training" mode). Just shy of 40 minutes, doing as short of rests as possible, my HRM put me at 260 calories, which isn't too far off from MFP calculations. I'm going to experiment this week with not eating back those calories and see where that gets me.