Working out burns calories, right?

jyarchak
jyarchak Posts: 1
edited September 24 in Fitness and Exercise
Okay, so I've been a member of my fitness pal and I love it! It is a great tool to use when you want to keep a journal of what you eat and do through out the day (I say journal because I'm a guy) haha so my question is....

Why MFP doesn't recognize the calories being burned working out?! I super-set everything I do and is fast paced so I know I'm sweating and I know I am loosing impurities but how come when I log in my exercises it comes up showing that I haven't burned calories...rubbish but I still love the app! Its one of my favorites!

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  • eating4balance
    eating4balance Posts: 743 Member
    When you input lifting weights and such as exercise, don't put it under strength exercises, because those do not account for calories burned. Instead put it under cardio.

    I hope I helped!
  • KimbersNewLife
    KimbersNewLife Posts: 646 Member
    Go under exercise and type in strength training under Cardio- I will calculate a calorie burn there for it. If you think that is not accurate you can click add exercise and add what you like.
  • tjsusong
    tjsusong Posts: 195 Member
    When you input lifting weights and such as exercise, don't put it under strength exercises, because those do not account for calories burned. Instead put it under cardio.

    I hope I helped!

    I started doing this too because I'm doing some circuit training and it definitely is burning calories!!!
  • blueyed_girl
    blueyed_girl Posts: 14
    Working out does burn calories but there are too many factors that affect the calories burned that MFP.com cant calculate it accurately. Your heart rate during them, how long it was a certain rate, and other factors affect it. As everyone else stated if you wanna calculate the calories then put it under cardio and chooose an option that is close to what your re doing. I had the same question when I first joined. Hope this helps!
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Get yourself a HRM and create custom exercises for yourself if you cant find what you're looking for under cardio.
  • katierg
    katierg Posts: 42
    Okay, so I've been a member of my fitness pal and I love it! It is a great tool to use when you want to keep a journal of what you eat and do through out the day (I say journal because I'm a guy) haha so my question is....

    Why MFP doesn't recognize the calories being burned working out?! I super-set everything I do and is fast paced so I know I'm sweating and I know I am loosing impurities but how come when I log in my exercises it comes up showing that I haven't burned calories...rubbish but I still love the app! Its one of my favorites!
    I have a feeling it's because you're logging it under strength training which is different for everyone. However cardo/aerobic exercises are usually similar and can be more accurate. I may burn a ton of calories pumping iron but I can't log it because muscle burns fat all day long...and the rate varies.
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