weight lifting calories burned

daniellexcara
daniellexcara Posts: 114 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay so I have recently understood that using my HRM for strength training to measure calories burned isnt accurate at all. This isnt a huge deal because I dont typically eat back my exercise calories. For example, on leg day, my HRM would say about 400 calories. I typically would only eat maybe 100 or 200 more than usual. My BMR is about 1500 so I try to eat at least that many. I try to eat my TDEE - 20% which is about 1800 but its sooo hard for me to eat that much. I'm working on it though

SO:
Should i log strength training at all as calories burned? Or should I just not include it whatsoever. The problem is that I have read that heavy weight training can be better than cardio to get toned which is what i'm working on. I'm trying to do more cardio since I have decreased the amount I do by a lot because I love weight training much more. So say MFP is set at 1600 calories. If I just do like 45 min of strength training on a given day, should I consider any calories burned? Or should I just eat 1600 calories. I am just worried because I know I am burning at least something and I dont want to not be eating enough.

Any advice would be lovely :)

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  • silverinc13
    silverinc13 Posts: 216 Member
    If you're eating TDEE-20% (which should include your exercise) then you don't need to worry about calories burned from individual days, it's already included in your daily intake calculation.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    If you're doing TDEE correctly, that includes all your exercise calories from all your activities. I always record strength and cardio as 1 calorie burned.
  • parkscs
    parkscs Posts: 1,639 Member
    I set my TDEE at sedentary and add my exercise calories manually. On lifting days, I ballpark my lifting calories at about 400 calories in 60-90 minutes, but that's really just an estimate. Honestly there are a ton of variables that go into how many calories you burn while lifting (e.g., circuit training vs. 1-2 minutes in between sets) and there is no good way to accurately estimate your burn that I'm aware of (HRM are known not to be entirely accurate for lifting, plus some lifts have a lasting metabolic effect). I would go with a conservative estimate.

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