calorie expenditure

starrider4
starrider4 Posts: 4 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
why is there no caloric deficit counted on the exercise log for any weight training?

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  • elid
    elid Posts: 209 Member
    From the FAQ (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/faq ):
    A. Estimating the calories burned from strength training is very difficult because it depends on a variety of factors: how much weight you lifted per repetition, how vigorously you performed that exercise, how much rest you took between sets, etc. Because of this, we do not automatically calculate how many calories you burned from strength training exercises.

    However, if you'd like, you can add "Strength training" as a cardio exercise to get a rough estimate of how many calories you burned. Please be aware though that this is definitely a rough estimate and can be fairly inaccurate.
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