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squat/crunch/push-up challenge question

AleksD3
AleksD3 Posts: 194 Member
edited January 23 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all,
I'm on day 2 of this challenge and today I spread out the exercises throughout the day which made them easier to do.

Do they burn any calories because when I enter them as strength training exercises in the tracker no calories burned show up.

Do I just write them down and assume I'm not really burning much? Does that change once I'm doing more squats, like 50 squats vs 150 squats?

Help please!

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  • Runs4Wine
    Runs4Wine Posts: 416 Member
    Strength training typically isn't a calorie burner the way cardio is.

    I'm doing the 3 way challenge myself this month and I'm not counting the calories. At most I'm likely burning maybe 20 give or take. So I'm considering it my "pad" for when I overcompensate for food measurements during the day.

    I'm using the challenge to coincide with my cardio workout - so I get the cal burn from that.

    How are you feeling? I'm incredibly sore and it's only day 2!
  • AleksD3
    AleksD3 Posts: 194 Member
    Thank you, that makes sense!

    I'm definitely sore! It's painful to walk down the stairs lol.
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