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Why Doesn't MFP Exchange Strength Training Calories?

Kaye8395BTS
Kaye8395BTS Posts: 159 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have noticed when I log my strength training exercises it doesn't tell me how many calories I burned? Why is that?

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  • Kminor67
    Kminor67 Posts: 900 Member
    I don't know why either, but I think it should!
  • ftt_nyeh
    ftt_nyeh Posts: 17
    Strength training is kind of tricky to figure out calorie wize. There's so many factors like number of sets, reps per set, intensity of reps, frequency of reps and rest between sets. youcan add strength training under the cardio exercises but it's just a ballpark estimate
  • MrsUnderwood
    MrsUnderwood Posts: 114
    It will if you search for strength training under the cardiovascular section.
  • carl1738
    carl1738 Posts: 444 Member
    If you look under the list of exercises for "Cardio", you should find "strength training". If you enter the amount of time that you spent strength training, it will give you an approximate number of calories that you burned. The seperate "Strength Training" box is just to help you keep track of your sets, reps and weight used so that you can keep track of your progress. Hope this helps!
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