Strong Curves - Calories Burned?

bribucks

I think I have finally convinced myself to start Strong Curves today! But I am wondering how many calories I will be burning?

I am by no mean expecting to burn a lot, and I know it’s impossible to be too accurate, but I would like to get at least a rough idea. I do not have a HR monitor unfortunately.

For those who do have a HRM, would you mind sharing how many calories YOU burn doing Strong Curves? And also lost your weight & height? (I am 5’3” and around 114lbs).

Thanks!

sijomial

HRMs cannot estimate calories during strength training (it's not cardio). Any numbers would be terribly misleading.

Just enter duration of your workout under the strength training category in the cardiovascular section of your diary for a very approximate (and low!) number.

bribucks

sijomial wrote: »

HRMs cannot estimate calories during strength training (it's not cardio). Any numbers would be terribly misleading.

Just enter duration of your workout under the strength training category in the cardiovascular section of your diary for a very approximate (and low!) number.

Interesting, never knew that! I’ve heard of people who used HRMs to estimate strength training before, never knew that wasn’t accurate.

I was planning to enter it as strength training under cardio - just didn’t know if I could get any more accurate than that. Thanks!

cwolfman13

Most HRMs are going to be wildly inaccurate for lifting. A HRM can give you a reasonably good estimate for steady state aerobic activity as most algorithms used in HRMs assume a steady state aerobic event to estimate some % of VO2 max that you're working...and anaerobic activity like lifting is not a good indicator of VO2 max and spikes in your HR while lifting will inflate calories. Your HR has no direct correlation to your energy expenditure...it's just a variable used in the algorithm to estimate a % of VO2 max.

If you want a HRM that is going to be more accurate for that kind of activity, you're looking at very high end units and can expect to spend upwards of $500-$1,000 and at that price point I would expect that you have other training needs that go beyond calorie estimates.

Measuring energy expenditure from lifting is pretty difficult...steady state cardiovascular work is pretty straight forward and is pretty much formula/algorithm driven...with lifting, everyone is going to do it differently...lifting at different intensities...different reps...more or less rest, etc.

When I started lifting, that was about the time I switched over to the TDEE method and just rolled up all of my exercise activity into my activity level as it was much more efficient than trying to guess calories from a lifting session.

JustinAnimal

New Rules usually said to give yourself credit for something like 250-350 calories (there are so many factors that they may have chosen something fairly safe and a little bit arbitrary), so I usually won't give myself more than 300 calories for lifting.

That probably wasn't terribly helpful.

Seffell

I've been doing Strong curves for 8 weeks. I've been eatung at close to maintanance (I weigh all my food). I haven't been adding any calories for my 1h workouts and I have not lost or gained weight.
So for me it doesn't burn measurable additional calories.

I doubt it that it will burn for you, unless you rush through it and make it like cardio.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

I give myself an extra 100 calories for 30min of weight lifting.

middlehaitch

brianneangell08 wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

HRMs cannot estimate calories during strength training (it's not cardio). Any numbers would be terribly misleading.

Just enter duration of your workout under the strength training category in the cardiovascular section of your diary for a very approximate (and low!) number.

Interesting, never knew that! I’ve heard of people who used HRMs to estimate strength training before, never knew that wasn’t accurate.

I was planning to enter it as strength training under cardio - just didn’t know if I could get any more accurate than that. Thanks!

I have found the MFP entry accurate for me. 5'1, 100-105 lbs. I get 204 cals.

Cheers, h.

alondrakayy

I used my Polar 360 watch to track calories burned during gym sessions.