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waverly9876
waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I work out with our free personal trainer from our apt complex. She only does weight training, abs, etc (no cardio) with us. I dont have a HRM but I have asked her how much she thinks we are burning and then in my head subtract some calories. I have only put it in once but should I log those calories on here or only log the calories I burn when Im actually doing cardio (like today). ? Thanks.

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  • waverly9876
    waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
    Her new thing is to give us different excercises. She then tells us to do the excercise with no stopping for one minute. This has made me feel so great as well as the other people who are working out.
  • nukehiker
    nukehiker Posts: 457
    I would log all the calories your burning. I mean your are burning calories when your doing cardio correct ? so why not do the same for your strength training days ? a calorie burned is a calorie burned...
  • Sharonbed4d
    Sharonbed4d Posts: 163 Member
    Sounds like you are doing circuit training which includes bouts of cardio. I would count those calories but definitely invest in a HRM since everyone varies so much when it comes to weight training.
  • Chrissy_Michelle
    Chrissy_Michelle Posts: 176 Member
    You are still burning calories so look them up under circuit training in the database. I did P90x for 30 (just legs) today and it was over 200 calories burned! Strength training is a huge fat burner! Keep it up :happy:
  • waverly9876
    waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
    Thanks!
  • JPayne53
    JPayne53 Posts: 235 Member
    I'm a personal trainer myself, and although everyone has a different style of training the lack of cardio puzzles me... I wouldn't log in any extra calories.. depending on what type of HRM you have they can be very accurate so just judging by how intense the workout is and subtracting here or there could potentially hurt the result you are looking for. It's sounds like she's doing more of a circuit routine which combines some cardio but not enough for the fat burn you may be looking for. Keep up the great work and always make suggestions if you feel you aren't getting enough out of your workouts! I love when a client tells me it's time to change something... that means they are getting better and stronger and need something more to push themselves.
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