Why doesn't strength training show calories burned?

taso42

Log your Strength Training workout under the Cardiovascular section in order to log the calories. You can still log it in the Strength Training section as well, if you want to keep track of weight, reps, and sets.

gettingfit65

that actually really confuse me for awhile. I was trying to enter it under strength training as I would cardio above and no go. I was getting pretty frustrated until I started just putting it under cardio...thx

Jorra

I defer to the OFFICIAL Help Section

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/91-doesn-t-strength-training-burn-calories-why-don-t-you-show-any-calories-burned-for-strength-training

Doesn't strength training burn calories? Why don't you show any calories burned for strength training?

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.