Lifting Weights and Calories Burned...?

ChestnutChesca

When I log my exercise at the gym it only calculates how many calories are burned (estimate) from cardio, so some days where I mainly do strength exercises mfp doesn't log any calories burned even though I KNOW i work the hardest and burn the most on these days...anyone else have the same issue? any ways round this?

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sijomial

That it may feel hard has very little relationship to the calories burned.... Strength training is actually a very low calorie exercise (sadly!).

Log it under the cardiovascular section as strength training and you will get an approximate estimate.

ChestnutChesca

thanks x

Huffdogg

for years I logged my weights sessions as 350 calories and it usually worked out very well in terms of my diary balancing out with my results.

tacticalhippie

I usually wear a heart rate monitor.
I log it together with my cardio/warm up.

ChestnutChesca

thanks for the replies! Im going to keep these in mind!

ChestnutChesca

tacticalhippie wrote: »

I usually wear a heart rate monitor.
I log it together with my cardio/warm up.

What Heart rate monitor do you use?

jacksonpt

sijomial wrote: »

That it may feel hard has very little relationship to the calories burned.... Strength training is actually a very low calorie exercise (sadly!).

Log it under the cardiovascular section as strength training and you will get an approximate estimate.

Agreed.

There are a lot of variables when estimating cals burned, but for strength training (i.e. lifting weights), 4 cals per minute seems to be a reasonable starting point.

ChestnutChesca

Thanks!
Id rather under estimate than over estimate!
I'll try and track it next time I go to the gym!

badbradclark

I call my strength training a net-zero when it comes to calories as I usually consume something before I workout and a protein shake after I work out.

jacksonpt

badbradclark wrote: »

I call my strength training a net-zero when it comes to calories as I usually consume something before I workout and a protein shake after I work out.

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I don't mean to imply good or bad, just different in an interesting way. I never thought about looking at things that way.

:think: :think: :think:

sijomial

ChestnutChesca wrote: »

tacticalhippie wrote: »

I usually wear a heart rate monitor.
I log it together with my cardio/warm up.

What Heart rate monitor do you use?

Whatever kind it is it isn't going to give a sensible calorie count estimate if that's what you are looking for.

ASKyle

sijomial wrote: »

ChestnutChesca wrote: »

tacticalhippie wrote: »

I usually wear a heart rate monitor.
I log it together with my cardio/warm up.

What Heart rate monitor do you use?

Whatever kind it is it isn't going to give a sensible calorie count estimate if that's what you are looking for.

This.

For what it's worth I don't log weightlifting.

MeanderingMammal

ChestnutChesca wrote: »

tacticalhippie wrote: »

I usually wear a heart rate monitor.
I log it together with my cardio/warm up.

What Heart rate monitor do you use?

You might as well roll a pair of ten sided dice.

HR isn't a meaningful indicator in this case.

Serah87

I just count it as 1 calorie burn.

ChestnutChesca

Serah87 wrote: »

I just count it as 1 calorie burn.

each work out as only 1 calorie burned?!

ChestnutChesca

jacksonpt wrote: »

badbradclark wrote: »

I call my strength training a net-zero when it comes to calories as I usually consume something before I workout and a protein shake after I work out.

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I don't mean to imply good or bad, just different in an interesting way. I never thought about looking at things that way.

:think: :think: :think:

I like this way of looking at it I always have a protein shake following my workout as well so I think I might keep this in mind and not worry too much about how many calories I have burned! Thanks!

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Sumiblue

I use the Jefit app and it tallies up actual lifting time from rest time. I log the actual lifting time into Fitbit dashboard (I have a Flex) & only get a portion of those calories on MFP. So far it's worked very well for me. I lift 4x week and do little cardio (1HIIT/wk & walking between lifting sets).

_Terrapin_

Serah87 wrote: »

I just count it as 1 calorie burn.

I've used 4 and 7 but haven't tried one yet. Hmmm....usually when I track lifting I estimate 100 calories. HR and lifting is like a one legged man at a butt kicking contest. You can try it but accuracy will be rare.