Calorie burn during weight training

jkellyphd

Wondering why app does not account for calories burned during weight training excercise. Am I missing something?

Talan79

It's in there, under cardio, look up strength training. But the calories are not accurate. I've compared it to UP2 and UP24 and on line calculators.

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

Riff1970

I just guess all my workouts burn about 100 calories. Except leg day, that's 200.

callsitlikeiseeit

i rarely log strength training and when i do its small- like 50 calories. yes, its more but whatever.... lol

piperdown44

I log it and count it as 1 calorie. But, I'm using TDEE and real world numbers to come up with my deficit and maintenance numbers.

Kalici

I only log weights under strength training because I've read many times that it barely burns any calories. I log it so I have a record of what I'm doing. If I am actually gaining any real calories from that I consider it a bonus.