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Exercise calories

Janny41
Janny41 Posts: 16
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
When I go to the gym I do 45 minutes of cardio exercise and then I do weights and sit ups and lunges. However, when I enter the weights etc to my exercise diary it does not give me any calories - can anyone explain why this is. Surely they must use calories as well as the cardio exercises. Very puzzled.:noway:

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Enter "strength training" under the cardio section to get an estimate of calories burned.
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    Enter it as "strength training" or "circuit training" and it will add ur calories... The only thing is I wore a HRM for my strength training and it wasn't any where near as many calories as MFP says it was.
  • Janny41
    Janny41 Posts: 16
    Thanks Eric.:smile:
  • Annista
    Annista Posts: 59 Member
    Hi, enter strength training/weightlifting. I would get an HRM because I think the site must be an average. I lift heavy and burn way more calories than the site gives me!!!
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I just wanted to say I found the same thing too. I wear my HRM for all my workouts and weight lifting NEVER burns as much calories for me as cardio.
  • Janny41
    Janny41 Posts: 16
    Thanks for all the info.:smile:
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