Calories Used in Weight Training

JesseEdwards6641

Hey everyone! First time posting so apologies if this is an age old topic. I find managing calorie intake hard to manage based on having no clue how many calories are used at the gym. I'm 6', 209 (as of today) with a BMR of 1885. The app gives me a caloric goal of 2500, which seems to be ok as I'm losing a pound or more a week. But, I do worry I could be doing more or less eating based on the days I lift. Typical-ish gym day: 5 sets pulldowns at about 150-165lb, bent over rows 135-50 x 5ish, shoulder raises 20-25lb 8 ore more reps x 4ish, 4 sets of curls 70-80lb barbell, some core mixed in too. I also mountain bike, but it's a lot easier to manage that.

I guess my main question is, should I eat more than the 2500 that's recommended when I lift, or does the 2500 accomodate for that? Hunger isnt' a huge issue, so I'm assuming it's ok. Any tips would be great! Thanks

Retroguy2000

There are a couple of ways to slice that cake. If you're happy with your weight loss progress and you're not too hungry, carry on. Your time in the gym doesn't burn many calories anyway. I'm slightly bigger than you and I enter 250 for an hour as being my additional calories burned (vs doing nothing instead). The important thing is that you're adequately fueled in the hours before your workout so you can do everything you hope to do, and that you get enough protein on lifting days and the day after (and in general every day, since you're in a deficit). About 0.8g per pound would be my suggestion. If you aren't taking creatine, consider that too.

JesseEdwards6641

This is great, thanks! I so far. I felt that weight training didn't use a tonne of energy, so have never felt I should enter this into app, but now that I'm tracking so much I wanna make sure I'm honest.