calorie burn with strength exercises?

I've been trying to figure this out too. Alot of the exercises I do aren't even in the database here. |:

Same here. I've resorted to letting core strengthening be "stretching." There are some websites, but they still seem to be missing some things.

I noticed that the amount of calories lost is not calculated for strength exercises. My workout usually consists of push ups, sit up, in and out ab exercise and cat vomits. Is there any way of finding out how much these exercises are helping me with calorie burn?

Cat WHATS????

Seriously. Cat WHATS????

I just estimate and put everything under cardio. . . usually a low estimate.

There is an entry under cardiovascular for calisthenics. It's not exact, but it approximates the calories burn well enough for push ups, sit up, pull ups and other body weight exercises.
What the hell is a cat vomit though?

That is the question of the day.....I am going to google it!!!

I know quite a few people that wear their Heart Rate Monitor while doing all sorts of exercises and then just logs them as one big thing at the end of their workout. a HRM will be the most accurate way of knowing how many cals burned from any activity anyway.

There is an entry under cardiovascular for calisthenics. It's not exact, but it approximates the calories burn well enough for push ups, sit up, pull ups and other body weight exercises.
What the hell is a cat vomit though?

That is the question of the day.....I am going to google it!!!
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Note to self, never just google cat vomit...
Here is what I found tho:

Unfortunately, laughing repeatedly inside the gym will get you a
straitjacket or a plate to the pinnacle, so here’s the other:
1. Get on all fours and keep your gaze focused either directly
under your head or slightly in front of you. Don’t arch your back
or strain your neck.

2. Forcefully exhale from your mouth until all air is fully
expelled. Your abs must be contracted from this forceful exhale.
Full exhalation is critical to contract the transverse abdominals,
and you’ll use gravity to offer resistance.
3. Hold your breath and pull your belly button upward toward your
spine as hard as you will for a target of 8-12 seconds.

4. Inhale fully throughout the nose after the 8-12 second hold.
5. Take one breath cycle of rest (exhale slowly out the mouth,
inhale slowly during the nose), then repeat the above for a total
of 10 repetitions.

I know quite a few people that wear their Heart Rate Monitor while doing all sorts of exercises and then just logs them as one big thing at the end of their workout. a HRM will be the most accurate way of knowing how many cals burned from any activity anyway.

This is what I do.

Ahh... ok... I was not aware that was called a cat vomit.

haha wow cat vomit? learn something new every day!

Under Cardio, there is a category "Stength Training (weight lifting/weight training)". I don't really know how accurate it is, and it doesn't distinguish between heavy lifting and light lifting. But I use it as a general guideline.

^ This is what I do, and use the numbers from my HRM. MFP tends to underestimate my lifting cals burned and true, even the HRM is not as accurate for strength... but better than nothing!

sorry to inject a moment of seriousness into an otherwise fun thread, but this is incorrect advice. when it comes to strength training, HRMs are, in fact, worse than nothing. dead serious. they are wildly inaccurate in the wrong direction and will have you overeating and coming up very short on your weekly weight loss goals.

To the OP, I honestly wouldn't log the calorie burn from any of the stuff that you are doing. I'm not saying it's not real exercise, I'm saying I would expect better weight loss results if I didn't log and eat back those minimal burns. Strength training really shouldn't be done with calorie burns in mind anyway, IMO

Under Cardio, there is a category "Stength Training (weight lifting/weight training)". I don't really know how accurate it is, and it doesn't distinguish between heavy lifting and light lifting. But I use it as a general guideline.

Strength training is heavy lifting. Lighter weights with higher intensity should probably be entered under "Circuit training". Push ups, sit ups and things like that should be entered under "calisthenics".

Cat vomits -- love it. Reminds me of the abdominal lift breathing exercise used in yoga (Uddiyana Bandha), except that that one's done standing up and bent over:
http://www.wellsphere.com/skin-beauty-article/the-stomach-lift-abdominal-lift-uddiyana-bandha/467306

Cat vomits -- love it. Reminds me of the abdominal lift breathing exercise used in yoga (Uddiyana Bandha), except that that one's done standing up and bent over:
http://www.wellsphere.com/skin-beauty-article/the-stomach-lift-abdominal-lift-uddiyana-bandha/467306

Uh...say what?

It only deducts the calories for activities you log under the CARDIO section. The STRENGTH section is just a log for your own records to keep track of your progress with how much weight you're lifting and how many reps you're doing so that you can see how quickly or slowly you're progressing.

The reason for this is because the calories burned when doing any form of strength training that revolves around isolation training (bicep curls, calf raises, tricep extensions, etc) is virtually nonexistent. There practically is none. Compound exercises (squat, deadlift, barbell row, etc), however, burn a TON of calories, but the exact, or even approximate number of calories burned is impossible to gauge without knowing things it would be impossible for the database to see (how wide apart your legs are spread, etc). Same rules apply to bodyweight training. If you're doing exercises that focus on one single muscle or muscle group (such as crunches) virtually no calories are burned. Ones that incorporate many muscle groups, however, such as pushups, burn a TON.

The actual calorie burn, however, of high intensity strength training of any kind is MUCH higher than what you can see on any HRM or anything though because they do not take into account the added calorie burn of your muscles "rebuilding" themselves (yes, this does cause your body to burn added calories as healing = work and uses up fuel stores that normally go untouched), which can take as much as 48-72 hours.