Resistance/Strength training - no time is shown

Ottawa_Randy

When adding Resistance/Strength training in MFP no time is shown for the exercise. I add the equivelent time for walking to bring it up to my target but there must be a better way.

Love the site and how easy it is to use.
Randy from Ottawa

mallen404

I record it under cardio as "circuit training" and you can put in the time then.

ChrisLindsay9

Yep, you can log it in the Cardiovascular sectio. Just find "Strength Training (Weightlifting, Weight Training) from the dropdown box and just fill in the duration. If you've updated your profile and weight, then it will give you an estimate on calories burned. It's an estimate, since there's not really a way to gauge caloric burn from strength training. But you can play around with the numbers as you progress.

deksgrl

The "Strength Training" section is to keep track of your reps / sets / amount of weight to keep track of your progress, much like you would write down at the gym.

To log it for calories burned, you have to log it under "Cardio" even though it isn't cardio.

Ottawa_Randy

Thanks for the responses. I'll use the circuit training.

A great site.

Stage14

I log it under cardio, but give it its own name, so I can track what I am doing still. I use an app called PumpNLog to track specific lifts/rep/weight because it's faster to do while I'm actually doing my workout and it tracks my time and rest times for me.