Lifting and calories burned

cNhobbes
cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello all my lifting friends! how do you record cals burned? MFP calculates ~100-200 cals burned for me for 1 hour of lifting. I work with a trainer. Before my last lifting session, I ran 3 miles, and then lifted with my trainer (so I still had my HRM on). For the lifting part, it said ~350 cals for the whole hour.

Is there any legitimacy in cal counting with lifting?

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  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    i created a custom cardio exercise for weights based on some very scientific googling i did that suggested a woman of my weight would burn 352 calories per hour lifting weights.

    However for it to be legit i think you have to get your heart rate up and keep it up. you cant count the time you're just standing around, of course
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    There's an afterburn from lifting. In other words, your body's metabolism continues you be elevated hours after a weight lifting session. Cardio doesn't do that.

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