Tracking strength training

I don't think I'm doing this right...

I went to a weight lifting class today and came back in added each exercise we did with how much weigh used reps and all that stuff but it is not saying that adds up to any calories.

How do I get it to count the calories for my strength training?

You can't because that is very arbitrary.

I had to add it under aerobic, and the category strength training is in their database...enter minutes and it provides update. Don't know how accurate it is, but what the hey, its consistent.

I found the entries under strength training to be for only tracking sets, reps, and weight.

Hope this helps.

I too add it under cardio, under strength training.

So no one tracks their calories when they lift weights?

They don't, and they shouldn't. Lifting weights isn't about burning calories, it's about building strength which requires calories. Try tracking your gains instead and make progress that way. Remember every weight you used and strive for more reps or increasing the weights each time you workout. Looking back on that will be much more informative than looking back at a single workout and seeing calories burnt in one day.

Weigh (see what I did there) to project your goals on everyone as an empirical fact. I do track my calories burned weight lifting and why shouldn't anyone else. You do burn a significant number of calories doing strength training so why is it such a crime in your eyes for people to do that. Yes, as part of a strength training regimine one should be tracking their progress in terms of strength as you mentioned but the two concepts are in no way mutually exclusive.

To the OP, to get calories burned you have to log it under Cardiovascular. There is an activity in their for Strength Training. There is also one in there for Circuit Training. Depending on the strength training session you had, one may be more appropriate than the other. There's also a common equation that you can use (which I do) for calculating your calorie burn and inputting it manually. If you search the forum you should be able to find a link pretty easily.

until recently, i burned all of my extra calories doing strength training alone, and it works rather well. so although the numbers may not be accurate, I think it is perfectly fine to log weight training as a calorie burning exercise.

So no one tracks their calories when they lift weights?

They don't, and they shouldn't. Lifting weights isn't about burning calories, it's about building strength which requires calories. Try tracking your gains instead and make progress that way. Remember every weight you used and strive for more reps or increasing the weights each time you workout. Looking back on that will be much more informative than looking back at a single workout and seeing calories burnt in one day.

Um, no. Some people lift in order to burn more calories at rest - not to build strength.

use this to track your strength training: http://ftcy.me/PCPhAr

a lot more fun.

So no one tracks their calories when they lift weights?

They don't, and they shouldn't. Lifting weights isn't about burning calories, it's about building strength which requires calories. Try tracking your gains instead and make progress that way. Remember every weight you used and strive for more reps or increasing the weights each time you workout. Looking back on that will be much more informative than looking back at a single workout and seeing calories burnt in one day.

Um, no. Some people lift in order to burn more calories at rest - not to build strength.

Agreed ^^^^

I don't know if it does. It only report my cardio and add calories to my diet.

the more you lift- the more muscle you gain-the more fat you burn
seems like something worth tracking to me.