Strength Exercises - Logging Calories Burned

AbiCusPeck

Hi

I did exercise yesterday with my HRM and my pedometer.

I did about half and hours walking and then 40 minutes strength exercises and I wanted to know in MFP how to log the strength exercises...?

My HRM said I burned 780 calories doing what i did and I want it to show here...

HELP

Pebble321

If you know the cals burned from your HRM, you can create your own exercise and add in the cals manually. This is probably going to be the best estimate.
If you want to add strength training and use MFP's calorie estimates, you need to add it in the cardio section, not strength.


Here is what MFP say about adding strength training cals though:

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.

AbiCusPeck

oooh, thanks :flowerforyou:

eilmeister

Estimating calories for strength training is very difficult. Note that an HRM will not be accurate for measuring strength training. The formula they use for estimating calorie burn is designed for cardio activity only. Strength training elevates your heart rate for different reasons and incorporates a lot of different factors that the HRM does not know. So don't rely on your HRM for strength training - it will be highly inaccurate.