Calories Burned in Strength training

kristennotkirsten
kristennotkirsten Posts: 2
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello, does anyone know why mfp doesn't show cals burned/used in any form of strength training? I do weight training and enter in the reps/weights etc used and it never shows that my workouts use/burn any calories:( Tks

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  • victoriadw84
    victoriadw84 Posts: 77 Member
    I am wondering the same.....hope you get some answers.
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member
    Because its so variable and hard to estimate. If you want to estimate use a HRM, but because of factors such as muscle/fat ratios, its difficult to pull a number out of the air.
  • Jessb1985
    Jessb1985 Posts: 264 Member
    Under cardio options there is 'strength training' and I put that in as a rough estimate.
    From memory I think 40 mins is about 150 calories so if anything it may underestimate, otherwise as people suggested a HRM is your best bet
  • mariagabriella
    mariagabriella Posts: 267 Member
    search strength training under cardio
  • genefabes
    genefabes Posts: 132
    I wear a heart rate monitor during strength training then create my own exercise under cardio and enter the time and burn manually.

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