Weight Training gives no Calorie Count against food consumed in the Food Diary

rkteal
rkteal Posts: 29 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Arggh, Food diary reflects calories saved by exercise, but not weight training.
how many years will it take for My fitness to calculate calories burned from weight training?

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  • myfatass78
    myfatass78 Posts: 411 Member
    Why not get a Heart Rate Monitor ? it will be more accurate than anything on here
  • punchgut
    punchgut Posts: 210 Member
    Go under the cardiovascular and search for strength training. It's there. The other area is for you to keep track of what you did. Sets, reps, weight.
  • SchweddyGirl
    SchweddyGirl Posts: 244 Member
    Why are you posting this on multiple forums?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    myfatass78 wrote: »
    Why not get a Heart Rate Monitor ? it will be more accurate than anything on here

    Not so for weight lifting.

    It is really hard for anyone to tell how many calories you burn while lifting, let alone MFP. It is minimal though.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    There is a weightlifting option under cardio. It's not a huge burn, but hey....
  • myfatass78
    myfatass78 Posts: 411 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    myfatass78 wrote: »
    Why not get a Heart Rate Monitor ? it will be more accurate than anything on here

    Not so for weight lifting.

    It is really hard for anyone to tell how many calories you burn while lifting, let alone MFP. It is minimal though.

    Confused, why wouldn't a Heart Rate Monitor be accurate in weightlifting ?
  • myfatass78
    myfatass78 Posts: 411 Member
    nevermind, I just googled it. I never counted strength training of any sort when counting calories
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    myfatass78 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    myfatass78 wrote: »
    Why not get a Heart Rate Monitor ? it will be more accurate than anything on here

    Not so for weight lifting.

    It is really hard for anyone to tell how many calories you burn while lifting, let alone MFP. It is minimal though.

    Confused, why wouldn't a Heart Rate Monitor be accurate in weightlifting ?

    Heart rate and calorie expenditure is not the same when doing weight lifting as when doing cardio, which is what the HRM is based on. If you're doing circuit training with weights it would be more accurate.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    myfatass78 wrote: »
    nevermind, I just googled it. I never counted strength training of any sort when counting calories

    Yeah, I didn't either. When I started I would just allow for the over estimates MFP gave for cardio, and not log the weight training. It worked.
  • pink00007
    pink00007 Posts: 50 Member
    punchgut wrote: »
    Go under the cardiovascular and search for strength training. It's there. The other area is for you to keep track of what you did. Sets, reps, weight.
    That's what I do too.
    I figured approximate is better than nothing, right?
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