Weight Lifting & Calorie Counting

rnavarro2003
rnavarro2003 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 10 in Introduce Yourself
There are several gym equipment pieces - almost always cardio related, that count calories burned. While likely not spot on accurate, it at least gives a starting point. But when strength training, mostly weight lifting, there is not a comparable means of counting burned calories. Anyone know of literature out there, an iPhone App, or??? Thanks!

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  • 1bellringer1
    1bellringer1 Posts: 55 Member
    I was wondering the same thing myself. I started working out on my sons weight bench set to tone up and really enjoy that more then the treadmill.
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    On myfitnesspal, when you log your exercise, it will ask what you did and how many reps and it'll figure out calories burned.
  • rnavarro2003
    rnavarro2003 Posts: 6 Member
    I logged in today's lifting and didn't see cals burned logged in. I'll need to look again. Thanks!
  • parkerpowerlift
    parkerpowerlift Posts: 196 Member
    If you log your weight-lifting under the "strength" category, it won't give you a calorie burn. If you go to the exercise tab, then to the cardiovascular section and type in strength training, you can get an estimated calorie burn. Hope it helps!
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