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guardianwill
guardianwill Posts: 54 Member
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I am new here and have a silly question. It's pretty Silly but nevertheless been wondering. When I fill out my exercises everyday, I see the aerobic exercises burn calories. I am sure my weight training exercises also do but they are not counted. How does one get a ball park figure for even just their light days of how many calories are burned Total.

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  • steve_mfp
    steve_mfp Posts: 170 Member
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    Weight training is an anaerobic activity. The calories you burn are much lower than you would think. A lot of it will depend on if you are doing low rep/heavy weight or high rep/light weight, rest time, super sets etc. it's pretty insignificant.

    MFP's numbers I think are on the high side.

    I'd just log your cardio and think of the weight training as bonus burns.
  • guardianwill
    guardianwill Posts: 54 Member
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    Thanks Steve. On my light days I do cardio with weights training for reps and on my harder days I actually do cardio seperate during the day and then workout with minimal reps and weight. Trying to loose weight after bypass surgery but also want to see some definition which I am slowly but surely.

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