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wrs5604
wrs5604 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 23 in Introduce Yourself
What would be the best way to track and add in cal burn from weight lifting

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  • Countrybabe_75
    Countrybabe_75 Posts: 33 Member
    Welcome to MFP! The best way to track is with a heart rate monitor and you can log it as strength training or create your own workout name.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    wrs5604 wrote: »
    What would be the best way to track and add in cal burn from weight lifting

    Strength training is listed under cardio
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    I log it under cardio (if you use the strength training section of the exercise log, it's just record keeping, but won't give you a calorie burn). However, this number is likely inaccurate, due to too many variables. How much you're lifting, how many sets, how many reps, how much effort it takes you, versus someone else in better or worse shape, to lift the same load... it's much harder to calculate strength training burns, as opposed to cardio. So, I log it and eat back half of what MFP tells me I burned.
  • wrs5604
    wrs5604 Posts: 2 Member
    Oh ok thank you all for the help I appreciate it! :)
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Countrybabe_75 wrote: »
    Welcome to MFP! The best way to track is with a heart rate monitor and you can log it as strength training or create your own workout name.

    I've always been told that HRMs are for steady-state cardio only and are pretty useless for strength training. Has the technology evolved since then?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Countrybabe_75 wrote: »
    Welcome to MFP! The best way to track is with a heart rate monitor and you can log it as strength training or create your own workout name.

    HRMs aren't accurate for strength training
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