Weights Workout

Lauren882

I know on this site that weight training doesn't account for any lose in calories. But, my trainer said that you can burn up to 350-500 calories with weight training like the weight machines/lunges/etc.

How do you suggest tracking calories lost through weights?

Also, when I enter in those reps on this site, what is the point if it doesn't count towards my calories?

-Lauren

Lauren882

I know on this site that weight training doesn't account for any lose in calories. But, my trainer said that you can burn up to 350-500 calories with weight training like the weight machines/lunges/etc.

How do you suggest tracking calories lost through weights?

Also, when I enter in those reps on this site, what is the point if it doesn't count towards my calories?

-Lauren

arewethereyet

I know on this site that weight training doesn't account for any lose in calories. But, my trainer said that you can burn up to 350-500 calories with weight training like the weight machines/lunges/etc.

How do you suggest tracking calories lost through weights?

Also, when I enter in those reps on this site, what is the point if it doesn't count towards my calories?

-Lauren

Select from exercise:
Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)

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Calories burned with Weight Lifting

(Free Weight Nautilus or Universal-type), Power Lifting or Body Building, Vigorous Effort

408 calories per hour

Assuming a body weight of: 150 lbs

This is equivalent to eating any of the lines of the following table.
Quantity Description Cals
1.5 Grande Starbucks Caffe Latte - Made with whole milk 272
0.6 McDonald's Big Mac - With cheese 704
5.2 Glasses of wine (3.5 fl oz) 79
1.5 Snickers Bar 273
2 Cans of Coca-Cola 207
13.6 Carrots 30

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Calories burned with Weight Lifting

(Free Weight Nautilus or Universal-type), Light or Moderate Effort, Light Workout, General

204 calories per hour

Assuming a body weight of: 150 lbs

This is equivalent to eating any of the lines of the following table.
Quantity Description Cals
0.8 Grande Starbucks Caffe Latte - Made with whole milk 272
0.3 McDonald's Big Mac - With cheese 704
2.6 Glasses of wine (3.5 fl oz) 79
0.7 Snickers Bar 273
1 Cans of Coca-Cola 207
6.8 Carrots 30

msujdak

Get a heart rate monitor. You can log in all your personal info; height, weight, age and AT. Knowing your aerobic threshold is crucial to knowing actual calories burned. You can go by a standard guide, but unless you do a heart rate test you won't know exactly what you are capable of burning. if you belong to a health club, the trainers there can do a simple test on the treadmill and then help you log your info into the watch of the monitor. These run about $25 dollars for the most basic up to $$$ for the more complicated ones. Wear this whenever you work out and there is NO guessing calories burned. I wouldn't workout without one!

Polar is one of the best with a range of $$$