How do you track weight lifting session times?
leajas1
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If you track, do you track by time spent in the gym to include time in between sets, or just the time you're actually in session?
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i track rest between sets and that is it....not really sure why total time would matter or need to be tracked...3
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It's a ball-park estimate really. You can log it under "Cardio" as "Strength Training".1
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I just track the whole lifting session start to finish (including 90-180 second rests between sets), using a HR monitor to estimate calories... on my HR monitor I can see my HR jump up quite a bit during warmup sets (no rests between sets), then consistently spike during every full weight set then drop during each short rest. It may not be super accurate (as many posters have stated), but I think it more or less captures the effort and it's good enough for me.5
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Use a heart monitor that calculates calories burned is your best option. I myself do not track calories burned from weightlifting, the after burn alone makes it hard to know how many calories are burned. Then there is intensity, if it's full body or a split, so on so forth.1
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If you search the exercise database you will find "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)". You would logged under Cardiovascular.2
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I will also tell you the database MFP has is very inaccurate!0
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Use a heart monitor that calculates calories burned is your best option. I myself do not track calories burned from weightlifting, the after burn alone makes it hard to know how many calories are burned. Then there is intensity, if it's full body or a split, so on so forth.
an HRM is not mean to track calories burned from weight lifting...1 -
Thanks, everybody!!0
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you are going to get a minimal burn from weight lifting..something along the lines of about 100 to 200 calories per session ...I would not worry about it and focus on calorie deficit, macros, micros, and program adherence...2 -
I only take 15-30 second rests in between sets, so I just track the whole time. Often, my "rest" is just the time it takes to add more weight to the barbell, get back under it, etc.1
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germaldish wrote: »I just track the whole lifting session start to finish (including 90-180 second rests between sets), using a HR monitor to estimate calories... on my HR monitor I can see my HR jump up quite a bit during warmup sets (no rests between sets), then consistently spike during every full weight set then drop during each short rest. It may not be super accurate (as many posters have stated), but I think it more or less captures the effort and it's good enough for me.
again, HRM's are not accurate for weight training sessions...1 -
Thanks!1
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I take a lot of rest between lifts and heavy sets and use 250 cals for a workout that's 2-3 hrs long and use 125 cals for a 1-2 hr workout. I don't record anything for a lifting workout less than 1 hr.
This is a conservative approach that prevents me from over-eating and it works well for me based on my ability to consistently lose and maintain my weight using these numbers.2 -
I just used total time from start of first exercise set to end of last exercise set when logging exercise in MFP.
I will never understand why so many users of this forum dismiss weightlifting calories as minimal, as if they are inconsequential, especially for women who log and eat their exercise calories. 100-200 calories for such women is not minimal. If your base calories are 1500 for the whole day, 100-200 is a 7-13% increase and represents a decent snack. Perhaps if you have 2500+ calories to play with it's not a big deal but the vast majority of women do not have that luxury.7 -
I lift heavy 3x a week, and I track the "duration" from the time I start my first set until I finish my last set. I take 60-90 seconds of rest in between sets.
I use MFPs estimate (it gives me about 180 calories for a 45 minute session) and according to my CICO data (tracked by fitbit, weighing/logging food, and daily weigh ins on the scale) since I started lifting 6 weeks ago, I'm within a pound of how much weight I "should" have lost according to the data I have, which includes using MFP estimates for strength training. FWIW.3 -
I use Jefit, which estimates actual time spent working vs rest. A typical 1 hour session puts you at about 15-20 minutes under the bar, and the rest of the time resting.1
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I dont use that part of the app. I tried but got discouraged2
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I said it was the best option. Better than MFP Database for sure. You answered your own question of asking how I know by saying this. "As you can't measure the calorie burn" Even though I'll answer how I know it's way off. Intensity and rest periods in between each set. MFP seems to go by time mainly. I could do 80 reps on bench and the thing wouldn't know the real difference as someone who did 20 in the same amount of time.0 -
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I run to weight room, so I use my HRM during that. Then I'll keep it going if my heart rate stays above 120 bpm. I do crossfit WOD after heavy lifts, so I definitely track on my HRM, it's funny to see what Jack's up your heart rate. Then I input as cardiovascular calestinics vigorous and I'll knick off maybe 50 call burned from what my HRM says. Now a word of warning, HRM is suppose to be best for steady state cardiovascular, but I keep my calorie goal very low, so I can compensate for miscalculation.
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I used to use 100 calories as a guess for weightlifting calories but when my weight loss plateaued, I quit adding them.2
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I just track the whole lifting session start to finish (including 90-180 second rests between sets), using a HR monitor to estimate calories... on my HR monitor I can see my HR jump up quite a bit during warmup sets (no rests between sets), then consistently spike during every full weight set then drop during each short rest. It may not be super accurate (as many posters have stated), but I think it more or less captures the effort and it's good enough for me.
This-just a guesstimate-we all know it's not exact as nothing really is. MFP estimates are so far off, it's comical.0 -
You are better served just throwing it into your daily activity level especially if you are on a schedule.
It is virtually impossible to determine the calorie burn from lifting as there are so many variables, most of which has been covered already. HRMs are useless for calorie burn tracking during weight lifting. You are better off just guessing really.
Unfortunately, you don't burn a ton from lifting but the "rewards" are far greater than calorie burn.0 -
I don't add them. I lift for strength and overall fitness, not for calorie burn.0
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Use a heart monitor that calculates calories burned is your best option. I myself do not track calories burned from weightlifting, the after burn alone makes it hard to know how many calories are burned. Then there is intensity, if it's full body or a split, so on so forth.
I don't calculate calories burned either. Honestly, counting calories burned from exercise, even when you have a device to help you, can be terribly skewed. Working at an intense speed on an elliptical for 45 minutes burns about the same amount of calories as 20 minutes walking on a steep incline. That kind of difference deters me from trying to even begin tracking calories burned from weight training. If you're weight training and trying to lose weight, honestly just watch your protein intake and give yourself a couple hundred calories of leeway in your calories. It's better to be safe than sorry!1 -
I usually just note the start time and the end time, then estimate from there. Though to be fair I have very little rest time between sets [30 seconds between sets, 1 minute between exercises], so most of that time goes to the actual lifting.0
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