squats and calculating calories burned

Basically, yes.

The more you get away from steady-state aerobic exercise, the more difficult it is to come up with calculated intensities that can be generally applied to the population.

Example: Walking on a treadmill at 3 mph is a simple, steady-state activity. The energy cost of that activity has been studied in detail, so coming up with a formula to calculate calories burned while walking 3 mph that can be applied to most of the population is pretty straightforward. There is not a lot of variability from person to person.

Not so with exercises like squats, circuit training, many aerobic classes, etc. There is too much variability, both in the population and with energy systems used, to come up with a formula or table that is applicable to everyone. (There are calculations that do exist, but there is still a lot of inter-person variability).

The issue is becoming more relevant with the growing trend of hybrid, multi-movement, multi-plane exercise routines such as P90X, circuit training, tabata, etc. Because much of the weight-loss benefit of these types of programs occurs during the post-exercise recovery phase and comes from changes in body composition, it is difficult if not impossible to quantify the direct effect. The heart rate monitor market has boomed partly because people are using them to try to quantify this effort, but there are problems with this as well.

If you are just doing some "add-on" strength exercises, it's probably best to just not count them as "calories" --let it just be a "bonus".

This is exactly what I needed to know. Thank you for the posts

Do a lot of cardio and NO SUGARS!!!!!!!! Works for me.

That makes no sense. I would say the opposite. If you do a lot of cardio, then your sugars will easily burn off. The less cardio, the less sugar you will want to eat.

Found this online:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/CalorieBurnChart.htm

Looks like squats burn .096 calories per pound of body weight per minute.

So a 200 lbs. person doing squats for 30 minutes would burn 576 calories.

Hope that helps!

Only if they set themselves on fire first.

If you are just doing some "add-on" strength exercises, it's probably best to just not count them as "calories" --let it just be a "bonus".

Just wanted to reiterate this point....

:drinker:

Do a lot of cardio and NO SUGARS!!!!!!!! Works for me.

If u cant give legit advice rather don't say anything

Cardio + no HFCS is a good place to start.

Do a lot of cardio and NO SUGARS!!!!!!!! Works for me.

If u cant give legit advice rather don't say anything

Cardio + no HFCS is a good place to start.

Solid first post.

Also...thread was started in 2010....

I log strength training with the mfp calculations, but I don't really stress over the number of calories burned. From what I have learned, the real benefit is from the increased calorie burn afterwards from building muscle.

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