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babitaburathoki
babitaburathoki Posts: 5
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Doesn't strength training count for anything when calculating the amount of exercise done each day? It seems that only cardio counts - doesn't make sense to me.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    You can search strength training under "cardio". There is very little calorie burn and it is almost impossible to get an accurate amount.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
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    Yeah to many variables it seems so mfp is like narp to hard basket
  • babitaburathoki
    babitaburathoki Posts: 5
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    Ok, thanks!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
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    Weight lifting/strength training calories are difficult to ascertain, whereas cardio calories are pretty straight forward. I count only 1 calorie for weight lifting, and then use a heart rate monitor for my cardio. If you use MFP to count your cardio calories, only eat half back because those estimates are way overstated.

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