calorie total

DavidVXR
DavidVXR Posts: 109 Member
edited November 25 in Fitness and Exercise
Can anyone enlighten as to why you get additional calories to your daily total for cardio but not for weight training?

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  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Because weight training doesn't burn very many calories and is notoriously hard to calculate.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    You have to log it as strength training under cardio to get a burn amount. But most likely it'll be quite overinflated as they don't know how many reps/sets/breaks you did in that time.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    From the help link at the top of every page

    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-
  • DavidVXR
    DavidVXR Posts: 109 Member
    I'm going to be training with weights twice a week after today's market induction. It'll leave me with a calorie deficit twice a week going with that theory. Such is life....
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Look for "strength training" in the cardio section.
  • DavidVXR
    DavidVXR Posts: 109 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Look for "strength training" in the cardio section.
    Will do thanks for the heads up
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    257_Lag wrote: »
    Because weight training doesn't burn very many calories and is notoriously hard to calculate.

    not so much...see jemhh
  • TriciaSmith2015
    TriciaSmith2015 Posts: 66 Member
    I was feeling a bit disappointed about that as well because I do kettlebells about 3 times per week.
  • DavidVXR
    DavidVXR Posts: 109 Member
    TriciaSmith2015 wrote: »
    I was feeling a bit disappointed about that as well because I do kettlebells about 3 times per week.
    Yes totally hacked me off too...
  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    TriciaSmith2015 wrote: »
    I was feeling a bit disappointed about that as well because I do kettlebells about 3 times per week.

    Depending on your duty cycle, you might be better off logging the kettlebell workout under something with a higher MET, like circuit training. The MFP Strength Training entry is more for a traditional weightlifting workout, i.e. "do a work set for a minute or so, rest for 2 to 5 minutes, repeat". If you're lifting smaller weights with minimal rest between sets, it's really more circuit training of some sort.
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