MFP and Body Building

micherie1969
micherie1969 Posts: 21
in Fitness and Exercise
Any one figure out a good way to track this type of exercise on this website? Seems impossible.

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  • FrnkLft
    FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
    It's under Cardio > Strength Training.

    It depends what you're doing though. If you're just lifting casually, probably accurate. If you're really busting *kitten*, could be double.

    Best way is to use a spreadsheet and track weight vs. calories eaten for a few weeks.
  • micherie1969
    micherie1969 Posts: 21
    Thanks! Funny, just as I posted that I ran across that part of the website. I haven't used this for about 6 months and don't remember seeing that before... but I'll enter what I'm doing and hopefully it will pan out at least close to legitimately :)

    I'm serious about my workouts and make an effort to continuously improve what I can handle. So... who knows :)

    Thanks for the reply! :smile:
  • FrnkLft
    FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
    Yeah, MFP says about 200 cal or an hour, but I know I burn around 400 since I track my weekly calories and weight loss.

    That's really the best way to go.
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Yeah, MFP says about 200 cal or an hour, but I know I burn around 400 since I track my weekly calories and weight loss.

    That's really the best way to go.

    MFP's #'s are way off.

    The strength training entry is a good bit lower than walking. Ummm, no.

    The high effort calisthenics entry is a much more realistic # for most strength training (done at sufficient intensity to actually get stronger).
  • NRBreit
    NRBreit Posts: 319 Member
    I find it much easier to use the TDEE approach. I still track my strength training exercise, but I just set the calories burned to 1.

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