Is there a way to get MyFitnessPal to add flexibility exercises to your exercise diary?

cmblocker95

Is there a way to get MyFitnessPal to add flexibility exercises to your exercise diary? They probably don't add much to the calorie burn, but they are important to health and fitness.
So, how and where do you go to request a feature to the developers team?
If there's already a way to add flexibility exercises, like yoga, please point me in the right direction.

cwolfman13

There are many forms of yoga in the exercise database. They would be under cardio. The "strength" section is only for logging sets and reps of a particular weight lifting movement to track that (which is kind of a waste of time)...everything else is in the cardio section for the exercise and calorie burn.

Jean

Yes, if you go to your Diary, click on "Add Exercise", select "Cardiovascular", type in "Yoga" in the search bar at the top (and then tapping the search button from your keyboard), and then click the "Browse All" tab - you should find what you are looking for.

If not, there are always some exercises that vary for each individual, making the calories burned difficult to calculate accurately. We like to research each exercise before adding it to our database, making sure we have the most precise formula. This formula is based on an average. Once we have this formula, we will add the exercise into our database.

If you know roughly how many calories you are burning with a device like a heart rate monitor or activity tracker, you can override the calories burned field by tapping directly on it and then put in your information. You can also add a new exercise yourself, just go to "cardiovascular" and then "create new exercise." Your estimate will be added to your personal database, and not the main database.

If you don't want to use a heart rate monitor or similar device, you can make a rough estimate. This won't be as accurate as an activity tracker. To do this, you can try substituting another exercise already in our database.

If you are interested in an activity tracker, you may want to look into our third party integrations. Several of our integrations offer solutions for monitoring your calorie burn over the course of the day and can update your MyFitnessPal calorie goals based on this data.

​Alternatively, we have also recently added a new "Workout Routines" feature (only available in English for now) that allows you to build an entire gym routine from a large database of both strength and cardiovascular exercises. Users wanting to add a new multi-part exercise may want to try adding a Workout Routine instead of creating a separate exercise. For more information please see: https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/articles/360036071232-Gym-Workouts

snowflake954

As @cwolfman13 said above, there are many in the database. I use hatha yoga, mild stretching, and tai chi, but there are others. However, there is not much of a calorie burn with these. I cut them in half or more, when I add them to my exercise diary.