Weight lifting and calories burned

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  • morkiemama
    morkiemama Posts: 894 Member
    It seems like you are missing the difference between strength training and circuit training. Don't get discouraged! Just do a bit of research to gain the understanding and that should help unconfuse you. <3

    Don't get an HRM to track calories for your lifting sessions. They are inaccurate for weight lifting.

    A lot of lifters eat at a flat calorie amount every day. TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), +/- some % for gains/cutting. This would require logging your exercise in MFP for like 1 calorie so as not to affect your daily flat total. This is the method I am going with now. MFP classically has you set at a deficit already and eat any calories you burn back, not at a flat rate every day. How you want to track your cals is up to you. :) It is still important to track calories though, whatever method you choose. I personally wouldn't throw everything to the wind.

    I recommend the book The New Rules of Lifting for Women for an introduction to the world of strength training. Or just go peruse some boards like bodybuilding.com or nerdfitness to gain more understanding.

    I hope this helps! <3

    P.S. I am new to the world of lifting (only two weeks and a few sessions in), but I've been doing a lot of reading. It really helps to understand what you are doing and absorb it in small chunks so you don't get overwhelmed. :)

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