Do you log calories burned from strength training?

stonel94

On here if you put it in as strength training there's no calories burned. But if I'm wearing my HRM it gives me like 100-200 calories burned, should I log that or not?

TR0berts

Under the Cardio section, there's an entry for Strength Training. You can enter your Calories there.

_happycats_

You can log strength training under "Cardiovascular Exercises" and it'll record calories burned for you, it's just set up kinda funny on here

Gallowmere1984

I don't log them, and it's pretty much all I do, as cardio is sparse due to my hatred for running. /shrug

crazy4lulu

the way i do my weights right now is kind of cardio. so i wear my H RM and just input the info under cardio vascular. it really doesnt matter where it is input logged calories are logged calories. i do 80 reps in 4 sets of 20 reps pretty quickly so my heartrate does tend to get up there!!!

bizco

I log my lifting workouts under the Cardio section, using "strength training" from the database.

jbutterflye

I don't. The only thing I log is cardio. Anything else is a bonus.

mmapags

Under the Cardio section, there's an entry for Strength Training. You can enter your Calories there.

This. However, forget the HRM. They are not designed to measure burn for strength training. They are designed to measure the burn from steady state cardio. They will usually substantially overestimate the burn from strength training. They are pretty useless for strength training.

mmapags

the way i do my weights right now is kind of cardio. so i wear my H RM and just input the info under cardio vascular. it really doesnt matter where it is input logged calories are logged calories. i do 80 reps in 4 sets of 20 reps pretty quickly so my heartrate does tend to get up there!!!

Wouldn't that style workout be considered muscular endurance training and not strength training?

pancakesmajor

From MyFitnessPal Help:

"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. "

stonel94

From MyFitnessPal Help:

"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. "

I have a HRM though so I know pretty well what my calories burned are

mmapags

From MyFitnessPal Help:

"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. "

I have a HRM though so I know pretty well what my calories burned are

Maybe you missed it above but your HRM does not give you accurate calorie burn from strength training. If you rely on it, you will consistently overestimate your burn. Here is why:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/hrms-cannot-count-calories-during-strength-training-17698