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Why no Calories in Strength?

ddonghao
ddonghao Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Is it just my app won't count calories for Strength?

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    edited June 2015
    Well lifters don't lift for calorie burns in a session. That is not why you lift weights.
  • Barbados1965
    Barbados1965 Posts: 33 Member
    Next to impossible to track. Heart rate monitors, etc are not designed to track this activity.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    If you want a very rough guesstimate....log it under cardio.
  • Barbados1965
    Barbados1965 Posts: 33 Member
    Not a good idea to log it under cardio. It is not a cardio activity. Just don't worry about it.
  • VryIrishGirl76
    VryIrishGirl76 Posts: 1,167 Member
    Good to know
  • LaarainNYC
    LaarainNYC Posts: 90 Member
    There is strength training if you look under cardio. I log it as an incentive but don't eat back the calories.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    edited June 2015
    either log it as "strength training" under the cardio tab, or better yet, if you are consistent 3+ days/week change your activity to the next level up (if sedentary, change to light active), and don't log it or log it as one cal in the cardio section.
  • ddonghao
    ddonghao Posts: 3 Member
    Good to know. Thanks everyone.
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