Weight lifting calories

viniciusfcamargo5
viniciusfcamargo5 Posts: 1 Member
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hello, why when I put in my weight lifting workout no calories loss appears?

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  • williamwj2014
    williamwj2014 Posts: 750 Member
    Hello, you do realize that's not accurate at all? ok bye
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Log it under cardio.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Only workouts logged as cardio will give you exercise calories on MFP. Under "cardio" search for "strength training."

    It is very hard to get an accurate guess of calories burned while weight lifting, because while the actual workout doesn't burn that much, there is an afterburn effect (you keep burning calories even after the workout) that is pretty much impossible to measure. Use the MFP estimate as a staring point, but take it with a grain of salt - all things considered, you may be burning significantly more or less than MFP estimates.

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