Any Tips on Fast Ways to add your Exercises?

sarahmax0817
sarahmax0817 Posts: 17
in Fitness and Exercise
I workout 5 days a week and do a good mixture of circuit training, boot camps, running, and strength training. I do not have the time or patience to enter every single exercise and the repetitions individually. I do such a variety! I have been simply writing my daily exercises down in my notes but would love to account for them better in My Fitness Pal. Any quick tips on adding your exercise on routines like this?

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Here's your tip: Don't add your exercises. It's a waste of time on this app. Go under cardio and log it as circuit training by total time, not individual moves. If you're looking to record individual movements, get jefit
  • sarahmax0817
    sarahmax0817 Posts: 17
    Thanks! I was real discouraged did not want to waste all that time adding individually.
  • MrsSausage58
    MrsSausage58 Posts: 143 Member
    Agreed, that's what I do. Much easier and quicker!
  • jchite84
    jchite84 Posts: 467 Member
    Here's your tip: Don't add your exercises. It's a waste of time on this app. Go under cardio and log it as circuit training by total time, not individual moves. If you're looking to record individual movements, get jefit

    Ditto. I add running, swimming, and biking; anything else (ie lifting, Spartacus, etc) all gets logged as circuit training by time. Oh, FYI, if you don't wear a heart monitor - like myself, then subtract 100-150 calories off of their calorie burn to get anywhere close to an accurate number.
  • lynnecharles
    lynnecharles Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks DavPul! that clears up a lot for me!
  • krokador
    krokador Posts: 1,794 Member
    Use fitocracy to log your exercises! It's fun, you gain experience and levels and badges and there are quests. You can also save routines to make it easier to enter a specific workout later (and hopefully soon they'll let you edit said routines and create them a little more easily xD)

    I assume eventually MFP will end up having a link with those guys. The number of users that are on both sites has to be quite impressive!

    I'm not sure what the forum guidelines are about posting register links, but I figure what the hell, if my post gets edited I can still give you my referral link, just message me!

    Fitocracy link: http://ftcy.me/z4mRmN

    Or just sign up directly without it. I'm just a random stranger, anyway :P

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