My fitness pal strength

libby_407

When I log in my strength exercises,like push-ups, my fitness pal doesn't have a calorie burned total. Do you keep track of your strength workouts? Do you know how many calories you're burning while doing such exercises?

Sued0nim

you can log it under cardio if you want a calorie burn - but it's not accurate and probably not worth it

although push ups can be more cardio style if done right intensity - so you might want to log it and take 50% of the burn

sijomial

Log the duration (not the individual exercises) under the appropriate category under the cardiovascular part of your diary for a very rough estimate.
Strength training, calisthenics and circuit training are some of the options.

It's not possible to realy know the accurate calorie burn, certainly don't use a HRM for strength exercises (many people on here seem to think it's some magical device that can measure everything!).

shaloreial

I digress. I use a HRM for my strength training. I use the strap across my chest for more accuracy. I log my lifts under cardio and enter my calories burned from the HRM.

SonyaCele

i don't log my strength training.

giantrobot_powerlifting

Same here. I do not log. The calories burned is insignificant to the force.

libby_407

Thank you everyone for your thoughts.

fiddletime

I'm doing the body beast DVD. For 35-45 min I log 98 calories under cardio. Seems to be pretty close to what I'd expect based on my weight loss. I'm 5'2" so every calorie counts at 1200 calories!

sijomial

shaloreial wrote: »

I digress. I use a HRM for my strength training. I use the strap across my chest for more accuracy. I log my lifts under cardio and enter my calories burned from the HRM.

@shaloreial
Beware that you will get massively over exaggerated calorie counts doing that.
HRMs can only work for aerobic exercise - even that is limited accuracy.

Your HRM is only accurately measuring heart beats and in strength training that simply isn't a reflection of actual energy expended.

finneyjason218

Anaerobic exercise burns far fewer calories than aerobic exercise. To the point where it is probably not worth logging. This is a good article if you need a refresher from high school biology!