For those of you who use a HRM....

Cariñosita

Do you wear it when you strength train and do cardio or just when you do cardio? I was just wondering because it doesn't give you an option to enter calories on strength training when you enter your exercise. I usually just end up making up a name for the whole workout and putting it under cardio.

Chenoachem

I initially used my HRM for weights to get an idea. Now I only do it if I do at part of aerobics where cardio and weights are mixed.

ebkins7

That's a very good question...

In my mind, you are doing more and therefore burning more calories doing strength training, so why wouldn't you count the calories! hmmm...

34at35

Do you wear it when you strength train and do cardio or just when you do cardio? I was just wondering because it doesn't give you an option to enter calories on strength training when you enter your exercise. I usually just end up making up a name for the whole workout and putting it under cardio.

From the My Fitness Pal FAQ's page:
Q. Doesn't strength training burn calories? Why don't you show any calories burned for strength training?

A. 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.

TCASMEY

I log it under cardio, but remember the calorie burn from lifting can go on for a some time after you are done lifting!

toots99

I don't log the strength training calories I earn...I see them as a safety net. If I go over or incorrectly calculated my calories for the day, they're there to offset that.

Laceylala

YES! I absolutely wear it when I do my circuit training. I usually do about ten minutes of cardio to get my heart rate in the right range (132-149) and then I do my weight training. There are a few exercises that cause my HR to drop and a few that cause it to go above 149, but on the average I have found that I can keep it in the range I need to. I generally just either add a bit more weight or do it faster if I find my HR falls under and vice versa if it goes over.

When I log my exercise I don't split it up anymore. I just log it as circuit training, the number of minutes and the number of calories my HRM says I burned.

SO, last night I did 5 min on elliptical, then about 24 minutes of circuit training, then 35 of the elliptical again. MY HRM said I did 64 minutes and burned 610 cals. I logged it and done. Because at the end of the day, if you know you are doing both weights and cardio it, to me anyways, I don't care if I seperate it out on MFP or not. It combines it all in the calories net anyways.

Cariñosita

YES! I absolutely wear it when I do my circuit training. I usually do about ten minutes of cardio to get my heart rate in the right range (132-149) and then I do my weight training. There are a few exercises that cause my HR to drop and a few that cause it to go above 149, but on the average I have found that I can keep it in the range I need to. I generally just either add a bit more weight or do it faster if I find my HR falls under and vice versa if it goes over.

When I log my exercise I don't split it up anymore. I just log it as circuit training, the number of minutes and the number of calories my HRM says I burned.

SO, last night I did 5 min on elliptical, then about 24 minutes of circuit training, then 35 of the elliptical again. MY HRM said I did 64 minutes and burned 610 cals. I logged it and done. Because at the end of the day, if you know you are doing both weights and cardio it, to me anyways, I don't care if I seperate it out on MFP or not. It combines it all in the calories net anyways.

That's pretty much what I do, too. Thanks!!

Cariñosita

Thank you everyone. Very helpful

iplayoutside19

I always wear my HRM when I run, and do the Insanity work-outs.

If I'm just lifting, then I don't wear it. I just put in 200 k/c as Strength Training.

But sometimes I run stairs, and other nasty stuff between excersises. I wear it then.

linzismith

i don't have an HRM, but i do log my strength training calories. under exercises, search "strength training"