Strenght Training

I use an HRM. I sweat just as much with strength training, but I don't burn nearly as many calories as I do with cardio.

I use an HRM. I sweat just as much with strength training, but I don't burn nearly as many calories as I do with cardio.

HRM arent accurate for strength training

I don't trust my HRM for weight training because it says crazy things like that burn 455 calories in 55 minutes. I use this site:
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php and then I average together the numbers for Weight Training - Moderate and Weight Training - Vigorous.

Here's another one
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

Anything you do is an estimate. Just stay consistent with how you record things and over time you'll see whether or not you need to make adjustments.

I believe the dilemma is that people do strength training with such huge range of intensity. As a result there is now way to estimate how many calories are burned. While it might be a tremendous amount of exertion to lift 20 pounds over your head, for others it might not event register. So I deal with this is the following manner. I try to compare my strength training intensity to my cardio. For example, I normally run 5 k most days for about 26 minutes. Then when I do some strength stuff at home (free weights, squats, push ups, step ups, curls, etc, etc). I basically just about go non stop. So I try to treat it like a cardio exercise, my heart is pounding, I am huffing and puffing and I switch between exercises with minimal breaks. End result is that I then take the time I did this for, about 25 minutes and treat it as cardio of about same intensity as jogging at a given pace. I certainly feel bushed after, but I noticed that the endorphin high last much longer. Also, supposedly, the metabolic rate boost last much longer with strength training than cardio so elevated calorie burn continues for longer.

I don't worry about counting mine but you can find strength training under cardio.

Yeah--I have just been using the MFP estimate--is that not a good idea?

I circuit train when I lift with very little time in between exercises, just enough to move to the next machine or pick up a heavier set of weights depending on the work I'm doing. I use my HRM and am trusting in results until the numbers show otherwise. Counting calories is not an exact science, there is wiggle room.... someone my same stats may need 200 more calories daily than I do to lose weight, everyone's body functions differently.