Strenght Training

widmanab01
widmanab01 Posts: 14 Member
edited September 25 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone know how to get a rough estimate for the amount of calories burned during strength training? At this time I am only accommodating for the calories burned during cardio, because I can see what they are. I think I need to add more to my calorie count, but I have no idea how much!

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  • SunLovin1
    SunLovin1 Posts: 682 Member
    I use an HRM. I sweat just as much with strength training, but I don't burn nearly as many calories as I do with cardio.
  • widmanab01
    widmanab01 Posts: 14 Member
    I have never used one before, I will have to look into that. Thanks!
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    I use an HRM. I sweat just as much with strength training, but I don't burn nearly as many calories as I do with cardio.

    HRM arent accurate for strength training
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    I don't trust my HRM for weight training because it says crazy things like that burn 455 calories in 55 minutes. I use this site:
    http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php and then I average together the numbers for Weight Training - Moderate and Weight Training - Vigorous.

    Here's another one
    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

    Anything you do is an estimate. Just stay consistent with how you record things and over time you'll see whether or not you need to make adjustments.
  • WolffEarl
    WolffEarl Posts: 379 Member
    I believe the dilemma is that people do strength training with such huge range of intensity. As a result there is now way to estimate how many calories are burned. While it might be a tremendous amount of exertion to lift 20 pounds over your head, for others it might not event register. So I deal with this is the following manner. I try to compare my strength training intensity to my cardio. For example, I normally run 5 k most days for about 26 minutes. Then when I do some strength stuff at home (free weights, squats, push ups, step ups, curls, etc, etc). I basically just about go non stop. So I try to treat it like a cardio exercise, my heart is pounding, I am huffing and puffing and I switch between exercises with minimal breaks. End result is that I then take the time I did this for, about 25 minutes and treat it as cardio of about same intensity as jogging at a given pace. I certainly feel bushed after, but I noticed that the endorphin high last much longer. Also, supposedly, the metabolic rate boost last much longer with strength training than cardio so elevated calorie burn continues for longer.
  • foxxybrown
    foxxybrown Posts: 838 Member
    I don't worry about counting mine but you can find strength training under cardio.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    I don't worry about counting mine but you can find strength training under cardio.

    Yeah--I have just been using the MFP estimate--is that not a good idea?
  • LovelySnugs
    LovelySnugs Posts: 389
    I don't worry about counting mine but you can find strength training under cardio.

    Yeah--I have just been using the MFP estimate--is that not a good idea?

    it's acceptable if you have no other way to do it. but i think the numbers MFP gives are based on like optimum burn for your statistics, cuz i noticed when i started using my HRM that the given numbers were sometimes VERY different - usually higher than mine.

    ETA: i would compensate by only logging like 3/4ths of your time til you can get an HRM and do it more accurately. that's what i did, and it seemed to help.
  • bbb84
    bbb84 Posts: 418 Member
    I circuit train when I lift with very little time in between exercises, just enough to move to the next machine or pick up a heavier set of weights depending on the work I'm doing. I use my HRM and am trusting in results until the numbers show otherwise. Counting calories is not an exact science, there is wiggle room.... someone my same stats may need 200 more calories daily than I do to lose weight, everyone's body functions differently.
  • widmanab01
    widmanab01 Posts: 14 Member
    Thank you everyone! I guess it's hard to exactly determine, but I at least can get a rough estimate now :)
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