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Weight Training

mizzouman
mizzouman Posts: 3
edited January 3 in Fitness and Exercise
How come myfitnesspal doesn't have a way to calculate calorie loss through weight lifting? I mean, an hour of hard workout with weights should be equivalent to burning at least 350 to 500 calories. Am I doing something wrong with this program?

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  • Plates559
    Plates559 Posts: 869 Member
    Enter in the cardiovascular section. If you enter it into weight lifting it is for record keeping only.

    The burn is an estimated one though, it is near impossible to be very accurate.
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Because every person is a different size, shape, and burns a different amount of calories.
    PLus, the intensity and the amount of weight lifted is too difficult to factor.
    As the above person said, go to the cardio section and post it there
  • mizzouman
    mizzouman Posts: 3
    Great. Thanks. It worked. I figured I was doing something wrong.
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