Weight lifting machines = no cals burned?

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    are we really discussing if weight training burns calories?

    really?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    don't lift - you'll get all bulky and stuff
    must be doing something wrong.

    lifting... still not bulky and stuff

    <sadpandaface>

    Me too...gosh where is this bulk you speak of...:sad:
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    are we really discussing if weight training burns calories?

    really?

    apparently...*shrugs*
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    are we really discussing if weight training burns calories?

    really?

    Yes. Everyone is discussing a very general concept of "weightlifing" and throwing their facts around while completely disregarding that different types of picking up and putting down things of different weight and at a different rate cause a completely huge range of caloric burns from basically nada to very high. Hell, we even have some throwing in their steady state cardio warm-up as part of their weightlifting routine.

    Will the madness ever end?
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    are we really discussing if weight training burns calories?

    really?

    Just to clarify to anyone (not you specifically),

    I never said it doesn't burn calories. To do so would be silly. I just said I don't count them toward my calorie goal. I don't do strength training to burn calories and lose fat. I do it so that when I DO lose the fat, there's something awesome to look at.

    Edit to add to JoRocka specifically: And I seriously doubt my calorie burn weightlifting is as high as yours, hence why I also don't count it. I'm not quite that awesome yet. :flowerforyou:
  • Kobclarke
    Kobclarke Posts: 7 Member
    Weight training builds muscle mass. A body's muscle burns more calories than body fat - even when a person is standing still. The more muscle you have, the more effective the body is at burning calories. A person with more body fat has to work a lot harder than a person of equal size and weight with less fat and more muscle.
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    are we really discussing if weight training burns calories?

    really?

    Hell, we even have some throwing in their steady state cardio warm-up as part of their weightlifting routine.

    Will the madness ever end?

    I really hope that wasn't a comment to my post. There is nothing wrong with doing a "cardio" warm up before lifting weights. I work the stair climber or elliptical at high resistance for 10 minutes to get my legs some work. In the plus, I burn some calories. I am not looking to gain muscle right now. I still have 9 lbs to lose. I am lifting now to get into a habit, get stronger, so that when my 9 lbs are done, I can start eating at a surplus and put on some muscle.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    I really hope that wasn't a comment to my post. There is nothing wrong with doing a "cardio" warm up before lifting weights. I work the stair climber or elliptical at high resistance for 10 minutes to get my legs some work. In the plus, I burn some calories. I am not looking to gain muscle right now. I still have 9 lbs to lose. I am lifting now to get into a habit, get stronger, so that when my 9 lbs are done, I can start eating at a surplus and put on some muscle.

    If you join the debate and count a stair climber as proof that weight lifting burns calories than yes. Otherwise no.
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    I really hope that wasn't a comment to my post. There is nothing wrong with doing a "cardio" warm up before lifting weights. I work the stair climber or elliptical at high resistance for 10 minutes to get my legs some work. In the plus, I burn some calories. I am not looking to gain muscle right now. I still have 9 lbs to lose. I am lifting now to get into a habit, get stronger, so that when my 9 lbs are done, I can start eating at a surplus and put on some muscle.

    If you join the debate and count a stair climber as proof that weight lifting burns calories than yes. Otherwise no.

    I was simply putting that I know I burn calories during a weight lifting session....of course you do...your body is moving. But I do not count it towards my overall calories burned because it isn't a "cardio" activity. It is a nice mental burn.
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    I really hope that wasn't a comment to my post. There is nothing wrong with doing a "cardio" warm up before lifting weights. I work the stair climber or elliptical at high resistance for 10 minutes to get my legs some work. In the plus, I burn some calories. I am not looking to gain muscle right now. I still have 9 lbs to lose. I am lifting now to get into a habit, get stronger, so that when my 9 lbs are done, I can start eating at a surplus and put on some muscle.

    If you join the debate and count a stair climber as proof that weight lifting burns calories than yes. Otherwise no.

    & if you read my earlier post I said I don't count it for anything but the "minutes" I work out
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I really hope that wasn't a comment to my post. There is nothing wrong with doing a "cardio" warm up before lifting weights. I work the stair climber or elliptical at high resistance for 10 minutes to get my legs some work. In the plus, I burn some calories. I am not looking to gain muscle right now. I still have 9 lbs to lose. I am lifting now to get into a habit, get stronger, so that when my 9 lbs are done, I can start eating at a surplus and put on some muscle.

    If you join the debate and count a stair climber as proof that weight lifting burns calories than yes. Otherwise no.

    & if you read my earlier post I said I don't count it for anything but the "minutes" I work out

    You are a Cubs fan. Your opinion is moot! :) (being 100% sarcastic as a Cardinals fan).
  • NextPage
    NextPage Posts: 609 Member
    For me some weight training is good heart-pounding cardio (i.e. circuit training) and other times the work out is more steady and slow with a more modest calorie burn. However, I don't log my work outs solely to figure out whether or not I can/should consume more calories. If I have commited to a certain number or type of cardio and/or weight training sessions per week it gives me a great deal of satisification to look at exercise reports that show that I followed through. (Others may not find this motivating but it works like a charm for me.). As you get thinner and stronger it is also a useful resource for looking back on what you did and figuring out what you may need to refine in your quest for the body you want. Of course I'm 51, and can no longer rely solely on memory :laugh:


    The cardio section does have things like strengthen training, circuit, and bootcamp so you should find an option that matches your routine. Regardless of how calories are burned I tend not to eat them back calorie for calorie because of overestimating calories burned. However, if I am starving I add a healthly low calorie snack (not a 600 calorie Mchappy meal even if MFP claims I burned this).

    Cheers and welcome to the "community"
  • lmm87
    lmm87 Posts: 3 Member

    The cardio section does have things like strengthen training, circuit, and bootcamp so you should find an option that matches your routine. Regardless of how calories are burned I tend not to eat them back calorie for calorie because of overestimating calories burned. However, if I am starving I add a healthly low calorie snack (not a 600 calorie Mchappy meal even if MFP claims I burned this).

    Cheers and welcome to the "community"

    That was my next question, once I put in the cardio and weight training I did today, I had an extra 670 calories to eat and frankly I don't want to use them but then I get that threatening message of, you're not eating enough calories....
  • Healthy_4_Life2
    Healthy_4_Life2 Posts: 595 Member
    You can enter it in as cardio and you'll get a general calorie burn for strength training

    BUT

    Strength training is not for burning calories. It is for increasing strength and retaining/building muscle. If you want to increase your calorie deficit, then you need to do cardio. I personally do not log my strength training here.

    ^^^^^This

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