recording exercise that can't be found

cbm1951
cbm1951 Posts: 15
in Fitness and Exercise
Can anyone help me with tracking my exercise? I am not able to do any of the exercises that you can choose from on this site. I do 30 minutes on the recumbent bike along with various weight machines for the arms and legs. I don't know what they are called exactly, so I don't know how to look them up. Is there any way I can record my exercise other than choosing from the drop down box?

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  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    You can create your own exercise by going to the exercise tab and clicking on my exercises. Then it will give you the option to create your own. I don't know how you will estimate the calories burned for the machines you use. You may have to look around onine to get a better idea.
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    If you know the calorie burned you can create your own exercise
  • niftyafterfifty
    niftyafterfifty Posts: 338 Member
    Try this website; hope it helps. caloriecount.about.com
  • SandieM7
    SandieM7 Posts: 47 Member
    You can create your own exercise. I suggest wearing a heart rate monitor while doing your exercises that way the number of calories you burn will be figured out for you. I did exactly that today while I was doing over 3 hours of yard work - I sure as heck didn't want to not record that. Turned out that I burned over 1100 calories in that time period. Good luck!
  • steftarver
    steftarver Posts: 4
    I wear a heart rate monitor watch. So when I do anything or exercise it always counts calories burned. They are cheap now to buy.
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    under aerobics there is a "stationary bike" exercise, its calorie burn is relatively accurate, be it standard or recumbant. also under aerobics there is a generic "weight lifting". if you record the time on the weight machines it should be accurate enough for our purposes.
  • cbm1951
    cbm1951 Posts: 15
    Thanks so much for the info!!! I need all the help I can get, as far as calories burned!!!

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