How do you track weight training

Kkangel21
Kkangel21 Posts: 46 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I put it in, but calories don't get calculated. help.

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  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
    I track mine as circuit training under cardio. This way it tracks it.
  • Kkangel21
    Kkangel21 Posts: 46 Member
    ok cool thanks!!
  • Kkangel21
    Kkangel21 Posts: 46 Member
    next question, how do you do that exactly lol
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Where you click "Add Exercise" (cardio), you can search for it there, but search for "strength training". Circuit training involves cardio (think Curves), and will VASTLY overestimate your calorie burn, by about 300+ calories/hour. That being said, I log all my training as 1 calorie burned because MFP tends to overestimate, in general. (Even HRMs are practically useless for lifting.)
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    In the database if you search for 'weights" under cardio there is an option for general weight training/weight lifting. Not sure how accurate it is, but it's what I use if I opt to use the weight machines since I don't do free lifting, yet.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    However, beware, the MFP exercise calorie estimations are high. I also track it under cardio but it has over 100 calories for 30 minutes of weight training, which does not sound right. I log it in as half those calories.

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