Weight training at home with hand weights

tuckerbelle
tuckerbelle Posts: 4
in Fitness and Exercise
How do I find the calories burned for weight/circuit training. I had no trouble finding it with the eliptical...help please :-)

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  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    Circuit training is in the database. However it's probably way more than what you actually burn if you're using hand weights.
  • running4thehigh
    running4thehigh Posts: 144 Member
    Best to get a heart rate monitor if you want an accurate calorie count!
  • marathonmom72
    marathonmom72 Posts: 191 Member
    You can also find strength training in the cardiovascular database. Although, the calories burned for strength training will be much lower than for circuit training.
  • FredSetToGetFit
    FredSetToGetFit Posts: 286 Member
    Just add it as strength training under the cardio header if you want the calories to be added on. :wink:
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    Best to get a heart rate monitor if you want an accurate calorie count!

    HRMs are for steady state cardio only, and will give a wildly inaccurate burn for strength training.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    Best to get a heart rate monitor if you want an accurate calorie count!

    HRMs are for steady state cardio only, and will give a wildly inaccurate burn for strength training.

    agreed, but with circuit training it should be somewhat more accurate then straight sets.

    didn't expect this question with the title
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Don't log weight training.

    It will only make you thinner!

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