strength training

chicken79
chicken79 Posts: 1
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
im new here and just learning ,how do i log strength training?

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  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    Look up strength training under cardio. Tell it how long you worked out, then it will make a guess on how many calories you burned doing your workout.
  • ladyhawk00
    ladyhawk00 Posts: 2,457 Member
    The section of the diary for strength training is for recording your progress, ie reps, weight, etc. As for logging cals burned:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/faq

    Q. Doesn't strength training burn calories? Why don't you show any calories burned for strength training?

    A. Estimating the calories burned from strength training is very difficult because it depends on a variety of factors: how much weight you lifted per repetition, how vigorously you performed that exercise, how much rest you took between sets, etc. Because of this, we do not automatically calculate how many calories you burned from strength training exercises.

    However, if you'd like, you can add "Strength training" as a cardio exercise to get a rough estimate of how many calories you burned. Please be aware though that this is definitely a rough estimate and can be fairly inaccurate.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Unfortunately, it has to be logged under "cardio" and is just a guesstimate based on how many minutes you did it. I always make sure I log what exactly I did and the weight I used under "strength training" -- just for my own reference.
  • carolww
    carolww Posts: 143 Member
    And don't get excited... it doesn't seem to burn as much as you would expect ;-)
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    And don't get excited... it doesn't seem to burn as much as you would expect ;-)

    It actually depends on what muscle groups you work, how long your rest sets are, and the intensity of your lifts. I found if I did my strength training in a circuit, supersetting everything, I could burn as many calories as I do when I do regular cardio. Doing it that way, I would log it under circuits though, which gives you a higher caloric burn than plain strength training. I wore my heartrate monitor a few times, and it came pretty close both ways, so I usually go with MFP's numbers which tend to be lower than my H.R.M gave me anyway.
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