Calories burned lifting weights?

sharibrat

I recently started going to the gym and have been logging my exercise in MyFitnessPal. I do not see any choices to enter weight lifting though. Surely, this must burn some calories! How do you enter this?

juliekaiser1988

Please use the Search button above. That topic is covered 10 ways to Sunday.

squishycow7

"strength training"

Toddrific

Cardio - strength training.

kimtpa1417

Under cardio there is a strenth traing/weight lifting option

PrincessLou71186

I never logged the calories burnt doing strength as they didn't seem accurate to me. So pleased I didn't. I now have a HRM and log from that and the difference is incredible. Sometimes MFP can be as much as four times as much.

appi1981

You can log strength training or add a new exercise but the only accurate way to your body size is to use a hrm that Will tell you your burn exact

Toddrific

The difference between cardio and strength training is that the body burns calories from it for a much longer period.
So while the "cardio" part of the exercise may be overstated, the entire caloric burn is higher.