Why doesn't strength training show calories burnt?

RachaelRenk
RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member
edited November 2023 in Getting Started
This may be a dumb question...but...when I add to my daily exercise log on MFP, only exercise entered under "cardio" shows any calories burnt/subtracts them from my daily calories. Not so much under "strength training". Why is this?

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  • aNewYear123
    aNewYear123 Posts: 279 Member
    strength-training-burn-calories-why-don-t-you-show-any-calories-burned-for-strength-training">http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/91-doesn-t-strength-training-burn-calories-why-don-t-you-show-any-calories-burned-for-strength-training
  • lvsusie
    lvsusie Posts: 4 Member
    Try adding it under cardio instead of strength training.
  • frugalfitmom
    frugalfitmom Posts: 12 Member
    I wish the option to create a custom strength workout that also reflects calorie burn was available too! I use a heart rate monitor (Polar FT4) and put my strength workouts under cardio to track my calorie burn. I keep paper worksheets of my reps and weights used since I can't record both on the log.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I wish the option to create a custom strength workout that also reflects calorie burn was available too! I use a heart rate monitor (Polar FT4) and put my strength workouts under cardio to track my calorie burn. I keep paper worksheets of my reps and weights used since I can't record both on the log.
    because lifting isn't steady state cardio, it isn't really accurate for calories burned during lifting. Also, you can create custom workouts. I do. Just enter the workout manually. Do a search for something insane.. like.. potato juggling, then click the link at the bottom to add your own workout.
  • weightedfootsteps
    weightedfootsteps Posts: 4,349 Member
    under the cardio part of it you can type in strength training and write the amount of minutes you did....it works for me.
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