Weight lifting logging question

jmankin68
jmankin68 Posts: 8 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you figure calories associated with exercise. Example 3 sets of 10 bench presses or curling. Does the amount of weight increase calories? Is the time lifting?

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  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,864 Member
    I use a MET estimate. I've seen those in the range of 3-6 for weights. I put myself at just under 4 MET to be conservative, and lower it a bit more for an arms/shoulders workout compared to leg day. Subtract 1 for the MET I'd use sitting idle instead of working out.

    This estimate also comes very close to the estimate MFP gives in Cardio - Strength Training.

    Simplest answer is just use what MFP gives you there, for time spent.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Yes, I just use "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)."

    Unintuitively, you log time spent in the Cardio section. "Strength" is just for making notes.
  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,205 Member
    my apple watch had a workout setting for traditional weight lifting but i tend to assume the burn it gives me is a little too high
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,242 Member
    You have to be careful logging weight training as it’s easy to figure too big a calorie burn. Most weight sessions between 30-45 minutes are only a couple hundred calories unless you’re really pushing it with high intensity compound movements.

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