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Strength training doesn't add more to my calories burned?

amalabdoney
amalabdoney Posts: 3 Member
edited January 16 in Fitness and Exercise
WHY! I had an AMAZING workout tonight. Included at the end some weighted squats to shoulder press, walking lunges, planks, etc. I know I burned calories because they were hard and I was sweating. How come when I add things like squats (I put in the repetitions and weights and sets) it doesn't give me any calories burned?

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  • Three4MeNHim
    Three4MeNHim Posts: 43
    I add it as STRENGTH TRAINING under the cardio section.
  • Kayleigh90x
    Kayleigh90x Posts: 19
    I was wondering this earlier as I did something similar.. was pretty dissappointed I couldn't see calories burned
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    It's close to impossible to calculate calories burned by strength training without a lot of accurate counters and calculations. A lot of people just guess or take numbers from other sites and feed them in.
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