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Strength training?

Oinst440
Oinst440 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When I add individual activity for strength training it shows up as the exercise, weight and reps, but it does not show a calorie burned equivalent the way cardio does. Maybe I'm entering it wrong? Any suggestions?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Go into Cardio, then log your strength training in there.
  • RWClary
    RWClary Posts: 192 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Go into Cardio, then log your strength training in there.
    Right, I think the theory is just don't count it, but hey, I need those calories to eat back :)
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Strength training is really hard to guage how many calories you burned since everybody takes different amount of breaks in between sets, different experience levels, etc...

    Like mentioned above you can find it in the cardiovascular section.

    Some people log it as 1 calorie or don't at all and just manually adjust the caloric intake depending on their weight change depending on their goals which is the most accurate when all said and done.

  • Oinst440
    Oinst440 Posts: 7 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions
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