Exercise Logging (?)

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Seachele28
Seachele28 Posts: 10 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Greetings everyone,

I went to log in my HIIT workout for today and none of the exercises are listed in the MFP database. If I manually add them then I need to know the calories burned number, which I haven't any clue. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep track?
The exercises in question for today were planks, elbow planks, one arm planks, half jacks, mt climbers, rotation planks.

Thanks!

Michele

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  • gail1961
    gail1961 Posts: 111 Member
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    I never know either, so I log as "calisthenics". There is a vigorous effort and a light effort choice. I don't "eat back" calories, so it doesn't matter much for me. I think this is the closest option and I like to see that I logged something.
    There is also a listing for circuit training, general.
  • maasha81
    maasha81 Posts: 733 Member
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    Invest in a heart rate monitor with a chest strap ..will help you estimate cals burnt a lot better. Polar models are not bad
  • Seachele28
    Seachele28 Posts: 10 Member
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    Excellent, thank you ladies :)
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,326 Member
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    what on earth is a HIIT plank?
  • Seachele28
    Seachele28 Posts: 10 Member
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    meshashesha20 - I know that looks weird, a HIIT plank. I've started the 30 days of HIIT from the Neilarey.com site and day 9 was a micro workout of plank variations . 20 second regular plank, 20 sec elbow plank and so forth. :)

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