strength training calories

nanoloseit
nanoloseit Posts: 7 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
if i dont do cardio but work with a trainer for 30 minutes. how do i log it. i did some stuff on steps and trx and some lunges,buttkicks etc

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  • focuseddiva
    focuseddiva Posts: 174 Member
    I had the same question. My trainer told me to look under cardio and then select circuit training. When I did that, though, the calories burned looked WAY too high. So I would love to know a good answer myself. BTW -- I used to wear one of the body buggs that calculate your calories burned, and when I wore it during an hour-long training session (doing the lunges and all the stuff you mentioned), it showed I only burned about 250 cals for that hour.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    If you go into the cardio section under exercise there is an entry for strength training. It seems like a low number but strength training really doesn't burn that much.
  • nanoloseit
    nanoloseit Posts: 7 Member
    i know. So many people post here. I am sure they dont all do just cardio. Someone please help us here
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    i know. So many people post here. I am sure they dont all do just cardio. Someone please help us here

    To get calorie burns you use the Cardiovascular heading......and select strength training

    To log under the Strength Training heading is a different purpose.....helps track reps & weights

    Circuit training is a mixture of cardio & strength.....that should burn more calories than strength training alone.
  • Monalisa85
    Monalisa85 Posts: 31 Member
    What I found to work best is to actually wear a Heart Rate Monitor and I will go by that since it is calculating as I wear and do the workouts. And yes, you will see differences between the HRM and how the website will calculate so I think the best thing is to consistently use the same method to calculate. Others may have better suggestions. Good luck to you! The most important part is that you are doing the workouts!
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    From my experience using a proper metabolic tester (and I haven't done this properly unfortunately, too busy), doing 'serious' strength training - ie a heavy weights routine like Starting Strength, burns a good number of calories over the course of the next 24 hours.

    A HRM would only report good results by chance at best - the figures it works out are based on typical movement vs heartrate in cardio routines, I believe. Lifting weights is a bit different.
    Something like bodybug is likely wrong in the opposite way - as I believe it calculates based on movement. It would see squattind down and standing up five times the same weather or not you had your body weight again and more resting on your shoulders.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    What I found to work best is to actually wear a Heart Rate Monitor and I will go by that since it is calculating as I wear and do the workouts. And yes, you will see differences between the HRM and how the website will calculate so I think the best thing is to consistently use the same method to calculate. Others may have better suggestions. Good luck to you! The most important part is that you are doing the workouts!
    An HRM only works for calorie burns during steady state cardio. The increase in HR during weight training is caused by a different mechanism and an HRM will be very inaccurate if used this way.
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    What I found to work best is to actually wear a Heart Rate Monitor and I will go by that since it is calculating as I wear and do the workouts. And yes, you will see differences between the HRM and how the website will calculate so I think the best thing is to consistently use the same method to calculate. Others may have better suggestions. Good luck to you! The most important part is that you are doing the workouts!

    This^^^^ As long as the HRM is programmed with your age, sex and weight you will get the most accurate measurement. Some will tell you it isn't, and they would be correct. Nothing is 100% accurate unless you are hooked up to some machines. The HRM is the best tool we have and it will be consistent for you as long as it is programmed properly.

    I use it for cardio and lifting. There are some days that I am quite surprised by how much I burn lifting. When I reflect on my work outs though, it is always when I am doing mostly compound lifts and do not rest more than 60 to 90 seconds between sets that I will have a really good burn while lifting.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1044313-this-is-why-hrms-have-limited-use-for-tracking-calories
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    What I found to work best is to actually wear a Heart Rate Monitor and I will go by that since it is calculating as I wear and do the workouts. And yes, you will see differences between the HRM and how the website will calculate so I think the best thing is to consistently use the same method to calculate. Others may have better suggestions. Good luck to you! The most important part is that you are doing the workouts!

    This^^^^ As long as the HRM is programmed with your age, sex and weight you will get the most accurate measurement. Some will tell you it isn't, and they would be correct. Nothing is 100% accurate unless you are hooked up to some machines. The HRM is the best tool we have and it will be consistent for you as long as it is programmed properly.

    I use it for cardio and lifting. There are some days that I am quite surprised by how much I burn lifting. When I reflect on my work outs though, it is always when I am doing mostly compound lifts and do not rest more than 60 to 90 seconds between sets that I will have a really good burn while lifting.

    HRM's are set with algorithms for steady state cardio like running, cycling, things that significantly raise your HR for extended periods of time. The are completely inaccurate for something like strength training and will give grossly inflated calorie burns just the same as trying to wear it all day to determine your TDEE. HRM's have very limited use for exercise in determining calorie burn, their intended use was to monitor your heart rate while exercising.

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