Calories and Strength Training

QuintinVAbrams

I am, along with cardio, doing strength training, however, I have noted that when logging strength training on My fitnesspal there are calorie values? Unless I am missing something. Can anyone comment?

QuintinVAbrams

Ok. Found this and answered my own question
What about strength training?

Strength training is lifting weights (or using machines or your own body weight) to increase muscle or maintain existing muscle. While strength training burns calories, it is difficult to measure calories burned from strength training because there are so many different variables involved. The amount of rest and the amount of weight used are just two factors that can affect the number of calories burned.

MFP has a calculator for estimating calories burned during strength training. Unfortunately the calculator is going to be a very rough estimate at best. To use it click on “exercise” like you did in the video above, then under “strength training” click on “add exercise”. See image.



In the search box type “strength” and click the green “search” button. Under “matching exercises” click on “strength training (weight lifting, weight training)”. In the “how long” box enter the time you spent strength training, then click “add exercise” to have the burned calories added into MFP. I believe this calculator errs on the side of underestimating calories burned from strength training rather than overestimating.