What's the deal with strength training etc.?

Tracenspace
Tracenspace Posts: 53 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If I do 3 reps of 25 crunches for example doesn't that burn calories? Or is not significant enough to make a difference? If I lift weights a little or whatever do I get to add that as calories burned to my log. Just curious. I usually don't eat back my exercise calories any way.

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  • berryjk
    berryjk Posts: 120
    If I do 3 reps of 25 crunches for example doesn't that burn calories? Or is not significant enough to make a difference? If I lift weights a little or whatever do I get to add that as calories burned to my log. Just curious. I usually don't eat back my exercise calories any way.

    All movement burns calories. If you are doing 3 sets (I am assuming you meant sets when you said reps) of 25 crunches then yes you are burning calories and you would log them as calisthenics
  • Tracenspace
    Tracenspace Posts: 53 Member
    If I do 3 reps of 25 crunches for example doesn't that burn calories? Or is not significant enough to make a difference? If I lift weights a little or whatever do I get to add that as calories burned to my log. Just curious. I usually don't eat back my exercise calories any way.

    All movement burns calories. If you are doing 3 sets (I am assuming you meant sets when you said reps) of 25 crunches then yes you are burning calories and you would log them as calisthenics
    Thanks!
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    under cardio look for strength training. It doesn't give you very many calories, but it does give you some. Better would be to get a HRM that shows you your calories burned, then you can plug THAT number in...
  • Tracenspace
    Tracenspace Posts: 53 Member
    under cardio look for strength training. It doesn't give you very many calories, but it does give you some. Better would be to get a HRM that shows you your calories burned, then you can plug THAT number in...
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    I guess I'm not that bright. How do you plug in the calories in the log? lol
  • dane11235813
    dane11235813 Posts: 682 Member
    3 sets of 25 reps isn't enough to burn any significant amount of calories. try switching to 5 sets of 15 reps.
  • McLifterPants
    McLifterPants Posts: 457 Member
    under cardio look for strength training. It doesn't give you very many calories, but it does give you some. Better would be to get a HRM that shows you your calories burned, then you can plug THAT number in...

    HRMs over report calorie burn from strength training.

    http://www.sparkpeople.com/community/ask_the_experts.asp?q=75
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    under cardio look for strength training. It doesn't give you very many calories, but it does give you some. Better would be to get a HRM that shows you your calories burned, then you can plug THAT number in...
    [/quote
    I guess I'm not that bright. How do you plug in the calories in the log? lol

    find the cardio entry for "strength training", erase the number MFP has put in there, and put your own in...or create your own exercise for it.
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