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Trying to track calories burned through weight lifting

mycupyourcake
mycupyourcake Posts: 279 Member
edited January 17 in Introduce Yourself
Hi all,

I am new to myfitnesspal.com and my workouts primarily consist of lifting heavy weights. I have logged my weight lifting activities but my fitnesspal is not giving me calories burned for them. Am I not doing something right?

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  • LoveLaughSweatFuel
    LoveLaughSweatFuel Posts: 38 Member
    It show up under Strength training in the cardiovascular section. I wear my HRM and there is a big difference between it and what MFP says. I kinda average it somewhere in the middle as I do not believe MFP "generic" nor a HRM can necessarily give you an accurate number for weight lifting.
  • bogaick
    bogaick Posts: 1 Member
    It is a hard one to find I use Google to locate a site http://www.answerfitness.com/296/how-many-calories-are-burned-weight-liftin/ it is a guide line and is a place to start hope it helps
  • wvgirlnfl
    wvgirlnfl Posts: 30
    It doesn't add calories burned for strength training under Strength Training (odd, I know). There is an exercise listed called Strength Training that includes weight lifting under Cardio. You might also try using a heart rate monitor and entering the calories yourself.for the most accurate information.
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