Weight lifting doesn't count towards exercise goal?

natedood

I did mostly wight training today because I did a ton of very rigorous cardio yesterday. I did about 10 minutes on the bike to warm up and then hit the weights for about an hour straight. Seems like this unfair to show a 10/60 min activity, when it was over an hour.

Can anyone explain? Thank uou

futuremanda

Log it under cardio.

Sabine_Stroehm

futuremanda wrote: »

Log it under cardio.

This. If you log it under cardio it logs "calories burned". Be conservative there, imho.

CyberTone

Add "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)" to Cardiovascular to get estimated Calories Burned added to your Diary. Please note that the Calories burned for Cardiovascular exercises provided by MFP are based on published metabolic equivalent of tasks (METs), which are estimates for a general population and may differ for you as an individual. If desired, add individual strength training exercises, such as "Biceps Curl," to Strength Training to have a log of sets, reps, and weights as individual exercises.

Please see these articles in the list of articles on this topic in the MFP Help pages...
myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-
myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/topics/455842-exercise-diary-and-exercise-database/articles