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C25K logging?

sophiegrace543
sophiegrace543 Posts: 143 Member
edited February 27 in Fitness and Exercise
Just done my first Couch to 5K workout (!!! so proud!) and I was wondering what I should log it as?

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  • bootssowhite
    bootssowhite Posts: 93 Member
    Total the amount of time spent walking and the amount of time spent running and log them as two separate entries. And remember, the MFP (and a lot of exercise equipment) usually estimates hight for amount of calories burnt.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    Best bet is to run something like Runkeeper or Endomondo alongside the C25K coaching and then sync it straight into MFP.

    For early stages of C25K, about 200-250 cals, for the later parts of the programme 250-300 cals.

    Essentially about 100 cals per mile.
  • weatheredcheese
    weatheredcheese Posts: 112 Member
    Best bet is to run something like Runkeeper or Endomondo alongside the C25K coaching and then sync it straight into MFP.

    THIS /\/\/\/\
    I did the programme last year and used Endomondo, it synchs any and all workouts straight to MFP.
  • blueboxgeek
    blueboxgeek Posts: 574 Member
    I use map my run on my phone and add the calories from there. Although if I chose "run" as an activity I think it well over estimates my calorie burn (abour 100 per km) so I log it as power walk.
  • attackhamster
    attackhamster Posts: 58 Member
    I let the app on my phone (or the treadmill, when I did C25K on there) track my calories and entered them manually into MFP under an excersize I created called "C25K"
  • pipertargaryen
    pipertargaryen Posts: 303 Member
    I just run MapMyWalk in tandem with the c25k app.
  • sophiegrace543
    sophiegrace543 Posts: 143 Member
    I've downloaded the Runkeeper for Windows Phone - do I have to have a heart rate monitor for it to tell me how much I've burned? Do I open up Runkeeper and then open up C25K?
  • mommytoaiden
    mommytoaiden Posts: 75 Member
    You'll have both apps open at the same time, you do not need a HRM.

    I used to use endomondo but bought a fitbit so I don't really log anything since the fitbit syncs with MFP.
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