Calories burned through strength training?

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Primer06
Primer06 Posts: 2
in Fitness and Exercise
MFP doesn't seem to let me enter a value for calories burned, nor calculate it itself in regards to weight lifting/strength training. I'm sure I'm not the only person to have noticed this, or post about it.

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  • twinmom01
    twinmom01 Posts: 854 Member
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    Hard to calculate since every one is different in regards to weight lifting and strength training as someone could be really pushing themselves and burn more...I do crossfit so I just went in and added in a new exercise and called it Crossfit and just add calories burned there...

    I will say I don't eat back my exercise calories as a rule so I generalize it based on the intensity and what we are doing for that day...

    I would say if you want to be totally accurate is to get a HRM and record it. I have a Polar that has a chest strap and a watch and find I can't wear it because it interfers when I am doing lifts...hence why I do a generalization
  • redcat17
    redcat17 Posts: 267 Member
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    Its listed under cardo exercises, as strength training or weight lifting. I forget which one. It probably isn't very accurate but it something.

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