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App that logs cals for strength workouts?

AObravo123
AObravo123 Posts: 66 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Does anyone know a good app that gives you calories burned for body building exercises? Really annoyed mfp only does cardio.

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  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    You can enter lifting under cardio and it will give you a calorie burn, but nothing will be very accurate for lifting.
    I find it easier to track via TDEE and not worry about the calorie burn.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    That's a tough one. Lifting doesn't burn a lot of calories. I use a fitness tracker to track mine. I do squats, overhead presses, bent over rows, pullups, weighted crunches. Takes about 45 minutes and I get about 100 cals. I'm 5'6" 135 lbs. So go figure.

    I'd give yourself around 100 cals/hour and manually put it in. Course if all you're doing is preacher curls for an hour it'll be more like 25 :) since your not using the biggest muscles.
  • no44s4me
    no44s4me Posts: 73 Member
    http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Calories.html
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Yes this app!
    Just log it under the cardiovascular section of the diary under "strength training" for a rough estimate based on your weight and METS.
    It's as good as any other rough estimate.
  • Muscle_for_Fitness
    Muscle_for_Fitness Posts: 2,198 Member
    It can vary so substantially from one person to the next depending on how many reps you are doing, what your rests look like, how high your heart rate gets. I wouldn't even worry about tracking calories in body building workouts. Find your TDEE and use that to come up with calories you should eat.
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