Do you eat the calories you burn with strength training?

graciepecie
graciepecie Posts: 135 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So, my question is: do you eat the calories you burn with strength training?

The reason why I'm asking this is because if you fill in your excercise here at MFP, you can't fill in your calories if you've been doing strength training. So I'm starting to wonder why that is?

If I'm doing an half hour of kettlebell workout (strength) I'm burning more calories then when I'm doing the 30 Days Shred (cardio and strength).

Can anybody help me with this?

Thanksss

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    How are you measureing your calories burned through ST? HRMs don't accurately configure the "burn" because they're set up for cardio. You don't actually burn a ton of calories during strength training, the benefit comes after. It's very, very difficult to measure. So, you might add in a few extra, but I wouldn't add in more than 100 based on an ST session if fat loss is your goal.
  • seena511
    seena511 Posts: 685 Member
    enter it under "cardio" and it will give you a calorie burn. if you calculate your deficit without accounting for your exercise, then yes, you eat them back.
  • graciepecie
    graciepecie Posts: 135 Member
    enter it under "cardio" and it will give you a calorie burn. if you calculate your deficit without accounting for your exercise, then yes, you eat them back.

    Currently I'm entering it under Cardio sobI can fill invthe calories. But the question is: is this the wright thing to do? Hasn't MFP has a reason for not giving the possibility to fill in your calories when I you're doing strength?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    enter it under "cardio" and it will give you a calorie burn. if you calculate your deficit without accounting for your exercise, then yes, you eat them back.

    Currently I'm entering it under Cardio sobI can fill invthe calories. But the question is: is this the wright thing to do? Hasn't MFP has a reason for not giving the possibility to fill in your calories when I you're doing strength?

    It is extremely difficult to estimate calories burned during strength training as there are many many variables. I find that estimate MFP gives under cardio when you search strength training on the low side, so I am comfortable with logging that and eating it back. It gives me under 200. I know that I burned some calories, but even if I didn't quite burn 200, it isn't going to be enough to be a big impact. I haven't had any issues logging and eating them back. I feel I work hard enough that I should be eating a little extra on lifting days.
  • stormsusmc
    stormsusmc Posts: 228 Member
    No, I just make sure I recover properly. I only do 60 mins 5 days a week heavy lifting. 15 min cardio after. 6th day I do cardio only and that's when I eat back if I expend more than 1000 calories in a session, which is easily done for me.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    No, I just make sure I recover properly. I only do 60 mins 5 days a week heavy lifting. 15 min cardio after. 6th day I do cardio only and that's when I eat back if I expend more than 1000 calories in a session, which is easily done for me.

    Do you follow MFP or have you calculated your calories another way?
  • DLPanther
    DLPanther Posts: 14 Member
    Only if I'm doing high-intensity stuff like intervals that keep my heart rate up the majority of the time, then I log it as boot camp. If I'm doing the "weight wander" just working on various muscle groups, I don't count the calories. I just have one protein shake and don't add it to the diary.
  • Shock_Wave
    Shock_Wave Posts: 1,573 Member
    Yes I eat them back but I have to create a custom exercise under cardio and simply name it weight training or what ever so it will count and auto adjust my MFP overall calories/marcos target for that day. Basically I input my time and estimated weight lifting calories burned after I have figured them out.

    How to Calculate Calories Burned Weight Lifting
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/338469-how-to-calculate-calories-burned-weight-lifting/#ixzz1wOwzsG3V

    .....................................................................................................or...........................................................................................................


    Formulas available from the Journal of Sports Sciences provide the calorie expenditure calculations for both genders. Men use the equation Calories = [(0.6309 x average heart rate) -- (0.09036 x weight) + (0.2017 x age) -- 55.0969] x time / 4.184.
  • stormsusmc
    stormsusmc Posts: 228 Member
    No, I just make sure I recover properly. I only do 60 mins 5 days a week heavy lifting. 15 min cardio after. 6th day I do cardio only and that's when I eat back if I expend more than 1000 calories in a session, which is easily done for me.

    Do you follow MFP or have you calculated your calories another way?

    60 mins of heavy lifting at my weight is my estimate of about 175-300calories. MFP says 208 or something like that. I go off my HRM and MFP for cardio and eat back the average of both.

    *Edit - Tracking food precisely as well as exercises can get old for some, I enjoy it...However I don't worry about every little detail or make sure I'm 100% on, I know that's simply not realistic. If you're gaining fat/muscle, you're in a surplus of calories. If you're losing either then you're in a deficit. My weight fluxuates quite a bit because I carb cycle and when you do that you retain more water, that's why I said fat/muscle not weight.
  • graciepecie
    graciepecie Posts: 135 Member
    Thanks for responding y'all!!

    I think I'll eat some calories back because I find I deserve it after working my butt of :D LOL
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    Yes I eat them back but I have to create a custom exercise under cardio and simply name it weight training or what ever so it will count and auto adjust my MFP overall calories/marcos target for that day. Basically I input my time and estimated weight lifting calories burned after I have figured them out.

    How to Calculate Calories Burned Weight Lifting
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/338469-how-to-calculate-calories-burned-weight-lifting/#ixzz1wOwzsG3V

    I use this as well.
  • graciepecie
    graciepecie Posts: 135 Member
    Yes I eat them back but I have to create a custom exercise under cardio and simply name it weight training or what ever so it will count and auto adjust my MFP overall calories/marcos target for that day. Basically I input my time and estimated weight lifting calories burned after I have figured them out.

    How to Calculate Calories Burned Weight Lifting
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/338469-how-to-calculate-calories-burned-weight-lifting/#ixzz1wOwzsG3V

    .....................................................................................................or...........................................................................................................


    Formulas available from the Journal of Sports Sciences provide the calorie expenditure calculations for both genders. Men use the equation Calories = [(0.6309 x average heart rate) -- (0.09036 x weight) + (0.2017 x age) -- 55.0969] x time / 4.184.

    This is very useful! Thanksss!

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