Calories from Strength Excercise

susangrove01
susangrove01 Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
Why does myfitnesspal not calculate any calories for strengthening exercises? I am not looking for something for nothing, but if I spend 40 minutes on strength building, it would be nice to have the illusion that I'm not only toning my muscles but burning some calories. Any thoughts (other than quit complaining)?

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  • telebutch
    telebutch Posts: 1 Member
    I'd like to know why no calories for strength exercise also. They are so beneficial for increasing metabolism there should be something from it. At least let me enter calories I can find on various other sites exercise calculators! Like adding extra calories to the food area!!!
  • natasa26ca
    natasa26ca Posts: 107 Member
    I'd like to know why no calories for strength exercise also. They are so beneficial for increasing metabolism there should be something from it. At least let me enter calories I can find on various other sites exercise calculators! Like adding extra calories to the food area!!!

    You can do that.
    Just go under cardiovascular option and type strength training and than input your time and calories lost :)
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    Depending on the type of Strength exercise you are doing, it's all relative (IE: Circuit training like a JM's DVD). You could wear your HRM and then create your own exercise and input the cals burned and time that way, but again, it's relative. I usually only use my HRM for Cardio activity.
  • nicleed
    nicleed Posts: 247 Member
    I use HRM - I know it's not exact...but it's better than nothing.
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    here read this

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/91-doesn-t-<span class=

    and this

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/850607-stop-trying-to-calculate-strength-training-calories?hl=strength+training+calorie+count#posts-12774286
  • ScouseNerd
    ScouseNerd Posts: 119 Member
    I know this thread is dormant now, but I just want to put in my two cents. I found it annoying at first that it didn't input calories (like WW) and now I don't even track strength. However now I like it, because if I eat back my exercise calories (and I very often do) I know I still have my strength calories to keep me in the red.

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