calorie intake question (hows this work?)

cnr0905
cnr0905 Posts: 167 Member
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why is it that when i add strength training to my daily excercise that it doesnt compenstae me any calories and cardio does? im confused on how it works or if im doing something wrong? does this even belong in this catagory?

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  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Strength training doesn't burn nearly as many calories as cardio. However, "Weight training, general" is an option under the cardio category.

    MFP tends to overestimate the calorie burn. Eat/log only half of that number (or a lower percentage, at least) or invest in a HRM. :flowerforyou:
  • Juelz2013
    Juelz2013 Posts: 33
    I was wondering the same thing! You can actually burn a lot of calories from weight training, depending on how hard you are training! I don't even really log my workouts on here, I just sometimes make notes of them.

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