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Strength training v cardio

jonathanpull
jonathanpull Posts: 4
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Right NZ peeps, for your exercise counters do you put your weight lifting/strength training into cardiovascular so you get back a few calories from exercise or do you only put in cardio.

Ive been putting in my exercises for a while but am getting abit of a feeling like im cheating because Im exceeding my goals massively.

What do you fine folk do?

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  • shrinking_me
    shrinking_me Posts: 207 Member
    I add both but put weights under 'strength' so don't get a calorie burn for it, only for my cardio :smile:
  • mcbellnz
    mcbellnz Posts: 145 Member
    I am just aiming to hit my Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) minus a 20% deficit. My exercise is calculated with my TDEE so I never log my exercise - just aim to eat the same amount each day.
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    Right now I am working from my TDEE anyway (so exercise calories already included) so I log all exercises as 1 calorie burned (just so I can track my workouts without eating extra calories). Before that I was logging it under cardio but changing the calories burned field to the amount of calories that my program said I should eat extra on lifting days.

    So really depends exactly what you are doing. But lifting in itself doesn't burn much anyway, so may be less risky to just log it under strength training so MFP doesn't give you an overestimate.
  • georgina1970
    georgina1970 Posts: 333 Member
    I log both. You work hard on those strength training days and definitely burn more energy!
  • LAD1981
    LAD1981 Posts: 13 Member
    Right now I am working from my TDEE anyway (so exercise calories already included) so I log all exercises as 1 calorie burned (just so I can track my workouts without eating extra calories).

    ^^ this, having spent hours/days/weeks scrolling through pages on this highly addictive site, ended up, as everyone advises.. TDEE, if its consistent, stick with it, if you dont exercise, eat less & viceversa.

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