Lifting vs cardio in myfitnesspal

summers90

im a little confused.. I have a polar watch and it tells me my calories for my workout. I usually lift weights. Should I put this in the calculation? Even though it doesn't calculate with weight liftin. ? Should I put it under cardio? Where do I put in my weight lifting calories ? I am just starting out and I don't want to make a mistake.

sijomial

A HRM calorie counter doesn't work for strength training / weight lifting. It's only likely to be reasonable for steady state cardio.
It's really difficult to know true calories burned during weight lifting. If you use your HRM you are just using it to guess!

You can log estimated calorie burns under cardio section - look for strength training or circuit training.

markiend

forget a hrm for lifting. they are best for steady state cardio and are only a guestimate for that

Graceious1

I use my HRM when I do lifting and log it. As sijomial says you can look for strength training in the exercise section and log it the way. You will find, though, that calories burned during strength training are much lower than cardio but you will be building a heck of a lot of strength,, burn fat and tone.

helengetshealthy

The calorie burn for weight lifting won't be as much as cardio, and it isn't the point of weight lifting - in fact, in order to build muscles properly you shouldn't be looking for a calorie deficit, so with weight lifting pick different goals rather than calorie burn. Use your HRM for cardio and don't worry about how much you burn in weight lifting

jacksonpt

sijomial wrote: »

A HRM calorie counter doesn't work for strength training / weight lifting. It's only likely to be reasonable for steady state cardio.
It's really difficult to know true calories burned during weight lifting. If you use your HRM you are just using it to guess!

You can log estimated calorie burns under cardio section - look for strength training or circuit training.

Agreed

summers90

Thank you everyone!!!