Why doesnt MFP track calories burned during strength??

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  • bonjalandoni
    bonjalandoni Posts: 136 Member
    If you log your strength training as circuit training, you will over estimate your calorie burn. Circuit training burns more calories than strength training because of the cardio component.

    If you want to burn calories do cardio, if you want to look good lift weights and forget the calories burned.
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  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    This is the reason I think the TDEE method is superior. No screwing around with how many calories you burn, you just monitor your results via measurements weekly or monthly, and adjust TDEE until you have it nailed.

    Word!

    Makes life so much simpler.

    (And makes questions like "how many calories does X burn?" obsolete)
  • husseycd
    husseycd Posts: 814 Member
    My BodyMedia always gave me around 240 calories/hour (about 4 cals/minute) for weight lifting. I tend to do it circuit style. If I'm resting between squats, I'm doing pull-ups or something.If I look up calories burned for my weight/height, etc., the estimates give me about the same for moderate/vigorous effort. So the 300 seems about right to me.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    This is the reason I think the TDEE method is superior. No screwing around with how many calories you burn, you just monitor your results via measurements weekly or monthly, and adjust TDEE until you have it nailed.

    Word!

    Makes life so much simpler.

    (And makes questions like "how many calories does X burn?" obsolete)
    Truth. I love this site for the database, but their system really over complicates things, and generally confuses most people.
  • chatty826
    chatty826 Posts: 47
    Add exercise - Cardiovascular - Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)

    She doesn't believe the number.

    I didnt say I dont believe the number. I said the 300 I had tracked (from my original post) was without strength training added. So 300 wasnt right for the calories that day 600 was.
  • chatty826
    chatty826 Posts: 47
    Also I will add I know you don't lift weights to burn calories but I am doing Metcons with include cardio and lifting in the African heat. I am sweating my butt off during these. I just want to make sure I eat enough to fuel my body. I know how to loose weight my biggest concern is maintaining and building muscle mass.
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member



    What does anyone else who lifts weights on a regular basis do? Right now I am concerned I am not getting nearly enough calories to maintain or build muscle mass if I look at MFPs info.

    I log it under "strength training (weight lifting/training)" in the cardio database.

    hth
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    i don't know how many sets/reps it takes to find your one rep max

    but i would expect doing one rep maxs to burn many calories
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    Also I will add I know you don't lift weights to burn calories but I am doing Metcons with include cardio and lifting in the African heat. I am sweating my butt off during these. I just want to make sure I eat enough to fuel my body. I know how to loose weight my biggest concern is maintaining and building muscle mass.

    how much you sweat has no correlation to how many calories you are burning either. but don't worry if you arent eating enough - especially when you are working lose to 1RM- it wont take long for you to realize that you need more food.

    i'm doing the TDEE method, so all my workouts get logged as 1 calorie. I have my calorie goals set up to include my daily deficit taking into account i will be working out 3-5 hours per week. On the rare occasions that I do more workouts, i log the "actual" calorie counts and will eat back a portion
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    In - for the first person to remind everyone that you can't track calorie burn for anaerobic activity with a heart rate monitor.

    There - I said it.

    lol - word!
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    They do track calories for strength you are just not looking hard enough.
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  • chatty826
    chatty826 Posts: 47
    The one rep max doesnt burn many calories but the strength portion of WODs does. Anyhow I got my answer quite awhile back thanks.
    i don't know how many sets/reps it takes to find your one rep max

    but i would expect doing one rep maxs to burn many calories

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