Strength Training listed under Cardio?

FitForRiding
FitForRiding Posts: 33
in Fitness and Exercise
Why is Strength Training (weight training, weight lifting) under the cardio section and not strength?

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  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    the strength section is there for you to track specific strength training exercise details (sets/reps/weight), but not the calories you spend doing them. If you want to include those calories (not everyone does), you can chose to add your activity to the cardio section, which will show time and calories burned, not the other details.
  • 33Freya
    33Freya Posts: 468 Member
    Because you do burn some calories, and people like me wanna record them so we can eat, lol! Plus logging under strength training doesn't count t calories and it is pure tedium to add exercises in...
  • AileenElizaFitz
    AileenElizaFitz Posts: 20 Member
    If you're doing heavy strength training, your heartrate will certainly increase thus being a cardiac exercise.
    Also, it burns calories which one would want to account for.
    The strength training section has the specific strength exercises you want to keep track of :)

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