Olympic Weightlifting

castromasaniai
castromasaniai Posts: 8 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
i've been doing olympic weightlifting (i.e. C&J, Snatches, pulls, etc.) every other day. and I'm curious, how much calories would one burn during these workouts. I know intensity has a huge part in regards to how many calories are being burned. let's just say that I'm a casual Oly lifter. not lifting/training to compete, but doing it cuz it's great exercise (in my opinion, at least). thoughts anyone?

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  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    There are so many variables that it is impossible to know. The weight, the repetitions, the efficiency of movement, etc.

    In reality, I really struggle to understand the desire to take calories from lifting to apply to the whole calories in/out guestimation game. Lift because you want to be stronger, fitter. Eat to fuel and/or lose fat. All of it is an estimate, so why bother with 100 calories here or there. Eat, train, see how it is going, tweak as needed.
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