best HRM for lifting weights

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  • crossfit_lover
    crossfit_lover Posts: 230 Member
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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I apologize for my "n00b" question, but...

    If my HRM is useless, how should I estimate my caloric output while lifting? For example I'm going to do 5/3/1 Deadlifts A (BBB template). Should I just pretend there is no burn, or track 30% of the HRM output?

    My suggestion is to estimate your overall burn, by using a TDEE calculator. Then don't track individual workout burns, This is much simpler over the long run, and less variables to worry about when you need to make adjustments up or down.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Pretty much i have lifting in my activity level and don't count anything for lifting calories. I always log it as 0. :)
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    I apologize for my "n00b" question, but...

    If my HRM is useless, how should I estimate my caloric output while lifting? For example I'm going to do 5/3/1 Deadlifts A (BBB template). Should I just pretend there is no burn, or track 30% of the HRM output?

    My suggestion is to estimate your overall burn, by using a TDEE calculator. Then don't track individual workout burns, This is much simpler over the long run, and less variables to worry about when you need to make adjustments up or down.

    This! It keeps you from obsessing over individual burns. Calulate TDEE based on activity level, take a reasonable deficit of say 20% or 25%. Eat the same amount overall and macros day to day and don't worry about individual burns. Track for 3 or 4 weeks, adjust based on results. You can log the workout to keep track of it but just put it in as 1 calorie.

    BTW, MFP is one of the only systems that I'm aware of where you actually earn back food based on workout burns. It has it's plusses and minuses. The minuses include people obsessing over the kind of question in this thread and the other is the confusion it causes about eating back exercise calories and why.
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    I apologize for my "n00b" question, but...

    If my HRM is useless, how should I estimate my caloric output while lifting? For example I'm going to do 5/3/1 Deadlifts A (BBB template). Should I just pretend there is no burn, or track 30% of the HRM output?

    For myself, I find MFP's calculation to be surprisingly accurate. A lot of my friends do the same with similar results. That's probably a good starting point - adjust manually as needed. Simple.

    Me too. Well at least the high effort calisthenics entry (low effort for warmups); the strength training entry is laughably low. About 2/3 to 3/4 the cals of my running pace in that time frame is what it comes out to, which seems about right.

    Works fine for me, whether cutting, maintaining, or gaining; my weight changes at the rate I expect it to, and I always eat all my exercise cals.

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