how do I record strength training
knittingwitch
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I was doing the cafemom workout strengthen, tone, and condition video and I don't know how to record that in my log. It was a half hour work out.
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I typically use "strength training" under cardio. 100 calories per hour (per my trainer).0
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I need to find out how to log in this category too. I work-out for 30 minutes at CURVES for Woman and it's a combination of strength and cardio and I've been told that a normal work-out (depending on intensity) will burn about 400 calories. The closes thing I can find on here is cardio training and it shows that I've only burned 240 calories for that amount of time. Is there a way of changing that number?0
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HRM + strength training under the cardio section = strength training calories.0
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I have asked this question to a few friends. None have which have been doing weight training. I would like to know as well0
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hrm is utterly innaccurate for strength training...HRM + strength training under the cardio section = strength training calories.0 -
hrm is utterly innaccurate for strength training...HRM + strength training under the cardio section = strength training calories.
Explain?0 -
hrm is utterly innaccurate for strength training...HRM + strength training under the cardio section = strength training calories.
Explain?
Yes, please!!!!0 -
HRM + strength training under the cardio section = strength training calories.
This..0 -
heart rate monitor is innaccurate for strength training? how do you figure?0
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heart rate monitor is innaccurate for strength training? how do you figure?
How high does your hr get up when you strength train?0 -
I think when I did it I typed it in manualy and then when you add it again in brings strength training up and you click on it. hope this helps, just play around with it that's what I did.I was doing the cafemom workout strengthen, tone, and condition video and I don't know how to record that in my log. It was a half hour work out.0 -
I needed that question answered as well. Thanks for the responses. Very helpful!0
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easy. hrms measure heartrate. And then use a formula based upon OXYGEN consumption per heart beat to guestimate calorie burn.
strength training uses the lactic acid and ATP-CP energy systems to power the muscles. not the cardio system. neither of these systems use oxygen. no oxygen used means the hrm formula is utterly useless.
HRM`s are only remotely accurate as long as you`re using your bodies cardio energy system AND doing work with it. thats it. Meaning things like going for a casual walk is not accurate as you`re not using your cardio system, but your much more efficient fatty acid system to do work. on the same token, if you`re not doing the work, it`s not accurate. sitting in heat your heartrate increases, but your metabolism does not for example. alternately burn victims can have a 6fold increase in metabolism.. yet don`t have a 6fold increase in heartrate to account for this huge increase in calorie burn. hrm is a very specific device. used outside of it`s parameters and it`s very unreliable.0 -
I use strength training under cardio, mainly just to log the time spent for myself.
I Ignore exercise calories because they are highly over estimated.
You can't exercise away eating too much. It look me 15 years to figure that out! LOL
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I have usually used "circuit Training" for the video workouts that incorporate and rotate your strength and cardio for 20-30 minutes and in most cases it comes out pretty close to numbers I have seen for other similar activities and when I monitor using my FitBit as well. It is still based on the level of activity and the time frame in which you are doing the exercises.0
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Strength training is not really something that you can quantify. If you use it solely for getting your heart rate up, you are not really doing strength training. That would fall more into circuit training. Real strength training burns more calories after the workout (while rebuilding the muscle) than it does during the workout. There is no real way to quantify afterburn calories other than trial and error with your own body.
What I do is bump my resting state metabolism up to the next higher category (under Settings>Update diet/fitness profile) and then log in the number of minutes using the strength training cardio option as you would regularly. It is not exact all of the time, but it seems to balance out for me.0 -
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easy. hrms measure heartrate. And then use a formula based upon OXYGEN consumption per heart beat to guestimate calorie burn.
strength training uses the lactic acid and ATP-CP energy systems to power the muscles. not the cardio system. neither of these systems use oxygen. no oxygen used means the hrm formula is utterly useless.
HRM`s are only remotely accurate as long as you`re using your bodies cardio energy system AND doing work with it. thats it. Meaning things like going for a casual walk is not accurate as you`re not using your cardio system, but your much more efficient fatty acid system to do work. on the same token, if you`re not doing the work, it`s not accurate. sitting in heat your heartrate increases, but your metabolism does not for example. alternately burn victims can have a 6fold increase in metabolism.. yet don`t have a 6fold increase in heartrate to account for this huge increase in calorie burn. hrm is a very specific device. used outside of it`s parameters and it`s very unreliable.
WOW - Wonderful explanation that even a non-nutritionist can understand! THANKS! :flowerforyou:0 -
oi vey...
I give up. People and fitness are a crack up. too many self proclaimed experts.
Bottom line FOR ME..
A HRM is a great monitor for JUST THAT... monitoring your body.. Just as much as we like to look at results in the mirror, on the scale, or the way our clothing fits... It is a monitor. Use it for motivation. Use it as a guide in your fitness not as the GOLDEN RULE to your fitness.
Then take the comments such as UTTERLY INNACCURATE and blow them into the wind like a dandelion.0 -
great.. still doesnt change the truth that hrm is utterly inaccurate for strength training. sorry bro. don`t even need to be an expert to figure this out. it`s bio 10. human body energy systems. it`s really not that complicated.oi vey...
I give up. People and fitness are a crack up. too many self proclaimed experts.
Bottom line FOR ME..
A HRM is a great monitor for JUST THAT... monitoring your body.. Just as much as we like to look at results in the mirror, on the scale, or the way our clothing fits... It is a monitor. Use it for motivation. Use it as a guide in your fitness not as the GOLDEN RULE to your fitness.
Then take the comments such as UTTERLY INNACCURATE and blow them into the wind like a dandelion.0 -
easy. hrms measure heartrate. And then use a formula based upon OXYGEN consumption per heart beat to guestimate calorie burn.
strength training uses the lactic acid and ATP-CP energy systems to power the muscles. not the cardio system. neither of these systems use oxygen. no oxygen used means the hrm formula is utterly useless.
HRM`s are only remotely accurate as long as you`re using your bodies cardio energy system AND doing work with it. thats it. Meaning things like going for a casual walk is not accurate as you`re not using your cardio system, but your much more efficient fatty acid system to do work. on the same token, if you`re not doing the work, it`s not accurate. sitting in heat your heartrate increases, but your metabolism does not for example. alternately burn victims can have a 6fold increase in metabolism.. yet don`t have a 6fold increase in heartrate to account for this huge increase in calorie burn. hrm is a very specific device. used outside of it`s parameters and it`s very unreliable.
Pretty much this
People need to remember:
An HRM measures heart rate. It does not actually measure what you are burning.0 -
LOL Jynus... Seems like you get your calorie burn from trolling forums... Good work.
Next time, try the words... HRM's are not a true measure of caloric burn in strength training,, then state your case....
Utterly inaccurate is rather strong... But again, if your caloric burn is flaming forums,,, you must be really fit...
All in good fun,, thanks for the conversation...0 -
problem is, it`s the truth. the calorie burn from strength training varies greatly and is dependent upon intensity far moreso than time or heartrate. I know many friends and colleges who eat like freaking horses with very little gym time simply because they are able to lift stupid amounts of weight that the caloric requirement to repair their tissue is immense. same token I know more than a few who get so little from their training that they prefer just to do cardio as it`s a better calorie burn for them. It`s rather strong cause it`s true. Am I not being sensitive enough to the situation for calling the sky utterly not red?Utterly inaccurate is rather strong... But again, if your caloric burn is flaming forums,,, you must be really fit...
All in good fun,, thanks for the conversation...0 -
thanks guys0
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HRM have never been accurate in the first place anyway, no matter which activity you are on. Even if they are calibrated to the HR response to cardio exercice, the margin error remains huge.
Ultimately one should be able to know how much he burns using his maintenance as a starting point and observing the weight variations. But by extension, with an inaccuracy in the first place with cardio, that won't change a damn when it comes to strength.
The more you deviate from the aerobic steady state, and the less you would find a correlation between HR and VO2 uptake.
For instance with HIIT the margin error is even bigger.
I usually put a generic figure - using my calories intakes over the weight variation to determine how much I roughly burn per training.
What matter is that you remain "realistic" and supposing the intensity during your trainings is constant, you should be able to come with a figure that would suit you0
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