Calories Burned Lifting?

bunnypanther
bunnypanther Posts: 110
in Fitness and Exercise
Sooooo....today I have my gym induction and will be able to start some lifting.

Out of interest I entered a lat pulldown on MFP and it doesn't actually give you any calories burned.

I'm sure some must be!!

Bearing in mind I have no technology (cannot afford/use HRM or anything as I don't have a computer or the internet...I do this on my phone which is also somewhat poo) is there a way I could work it out? Rough guess? Or do I ignore it, log only cardio and see what happens, adjusting cals til I find the right balance?

I intend to go 4/5 times a week (I want my moneys worth!!) with some swimming, possibly switching out with classes if there are any I fancy.

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  • cbhubbybubble
    cbhubbybubble Posts: 465 Member
    It won't give you a calorie burn under strength training. Probably because it would be a random guess at how many calories any given person burns in each particular lifting activity. It's only there for tracking as far as I can see. If you log it under cardio as strength training in general, it will give you a calorie burn estimate. I think mine come out around 160 for 45 minutes, but I always change it to 1 as I account for it in my activity level settings and don't need to track calories to eat back.

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