CrossFit ? Needs to be added!

danielbrunner754
danielbrunner754 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 21 in Fitness and Exercise
why aren't here any Crossfit type workouts on here!? I CF about 3 times a week and there is no way to measure it on here. Can it please be added?

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  • KenziesFrenzies
    KenziesFrenzies Posts: 1,014 Member
    Create your own exercise under "My Exercises", and invest in a heart rate monitor. Only way you're going to actually know how many calories you burn.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Put it under strength training or circuit training. It's just going to be an estimate and it's more a brand than a specific exercise, isn't it? I mean, you're doing squats, pullups, etc. not doing "a crossfit", right?
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    The problem with entries like that is that MFP has absolutely no idea how hard you worked during your session. Any number it gives is going to be arbitrary, at best. I agree with @mackenzies_frenzies. If that's going to be your main source of exercise calories then you should invest in a heart rate monitor and create an entry for your crossfit into which you enter the calories calculated by your heart rate monitor.

    In the meantime, you could choose an Aerobics entry. It's going to be as close as anything else, which is to say it's a wild guess.
  • machelle04
    machelle04 Posts: 690 Member
    I log my crossfit workouts under my exercises. I have the Fitbit Charge HR so i know exactly how many calories i burned doing each workout.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    I suppose MFP might add them if the METs were available.
    The MFP pre-loaded exercises are based on published metabolic equivalent of tasks (METs), the majority of which are listed in the Compendium of Physical Activities. In my searching of the Internet, I have not come across any published METs values for the CrossFit* series of exercises.
    * CrossFit is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc.
  • rmitchell239
    rmitchell239 Posts: 125 Member
    I doubt you can measure them accurately without a heart rate monitor. The exercises are so varied as is the intenisity level between each workout. I put mine in as vigorous calisthenics. It gives me a low amount of calories for it, possibly way low but im trying to lose weight so I dont care. The last workout a guy had a heart monitor we finished close to about the same time. I weigh more than him. My method logged 400 calories, his heart rate monitor said 700. He also said his will continue to burn extra calories for another hour or so.
  • Upstate_Dunadan
    Upstate_Dunadan Posts: 435 Member
    mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »
    Create your own exercise under "My Exercises", and invest in a heart rate monitor. Only way you're going to actually know how many calories you burn.

    This is what I do. Polar M400 with H7 chest strap. After your workout you get calorie burn, and can review your workout from a HR Zone perspective.
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