Calorie Credit for Stregth using MFP

andezz99

I'm just wondering if anyone can answer this quesition. When you add cardio time to your exercise it deducts calories but no so for stregth exercises, am I missing something? I am pretty sure you burn calories when weight lifting too.

I've tried to figure this out on my PC, ipad and iPhone MFP apps but can't figure it out. I guess if I don't get credit and still come in under my calories, that's a good thing anyway.

Thanks,

Andy

rjbrowne82

Yeah it doesn't do that. Your best bet would be to wear a heart rate monitor and that would help you find out how many cals you burn while strength training

houstonmacbro

Yeah, it doesn't track most strength exercises which kinda sux. I think there is a way to add them yourself, but I have never figured out how. I just log them as a note to what I did, but don't worry about trying to add in calories burned.

healthyyme

You can enter in strength training as a cardio exercise and it tracks how many calories you burn Check the database!

Generalle

I do a lot of weight training and log mine under circuit training. If you wanted an accurate reading, you'd probably need to do a few calculations and wear a heart monitor while training. Not too sure on the accuracy of the circuit training, but it seems to be working for me!

houstonmacbro

I do a lot of weight training and log mine under circuit training. If you wanted an accurate reading, you'd probably need to do a few calculations and wear a heart monitor while training. Not too sure on the accuracy of the circuit training, but it seems to be working for me!

Yeah, I am not sure of the accuracy of the calorie counts on machines I use (ellipticals and stairmaster), but so far it seems to be working for me and my calculations.

Just might invest in a HRM as a lot of people seem to swear by them.