How to Log Personal Trraining?

MeganNP

Hi all. I am new to MFP, and am wondering what would be the best way to log my personal training sessions in my exeercise log. My trainer told me that I can estimate my calorie burn to be 600-700 calories for our weekly one hour sessions. The routine varies each session, but I am rotate through various exercises such as wieghted lunges, jump squats, lat pulls, incline sit ups with weights, mountain climbers, squats on a BOSU, planks, flies, chest press, bicep curls, tricep extensions, etc.

Should I make my own exercise called PT and enter the calorie burn my trainer estimates, or try to account for each exercise and repetition in the exercise journal? Also, I noticed the journal does not give calorie burn for strength training, only cardio. The way I train with the trainer, I do get cardio benefit from the strength training exercises.

Thanks!

MeganMac17

Search for "Strength training" in the exercise database. That is what I use for my PT sessions. It probably underestimates the calorie burn though.

dodd319

I made up my own workout for Jenny McCarthy's Your Shape Wii game and I enter in my calories after each workout.

HoopFire5602

Buy a Heart Rate monitor to truly know how many you are burning.

dad106

I just made my own exercise.. I called mine Personal Training W/HRM.

I burn between 530 calories and 700 calories depending on the routine and how bad I annoyed my trainer(The more I complain, the harder he makes me work, which is why I'd never trade him for a different one).