Tracking calories burned from Strenght training

DonaldGoins
DonaldGoins Posts: 2 Member
edited November 22 in Fitness and Exercise
How does one go about tracking the calories they burn from lifting weights? I do that almost daily and would like to see how much I am burning.

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  • cleanos1
    cleanos1 Posts: 1 Member
    You don't really have to count them. Just count the cardio
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    There is not an easy way to calculate it. You can enter "strength training" under "cardio" in the database, but really strength training doesn't burn much. I don't do cardio so I find that strength training doesn't even add any extra calories back into my day if I'm using the NEAT method. Not significant enough.
  • Pelamblue
    Pelamblue Posts: 177 Member
    Weightlifting can burn some serious calories. Triple drop sets are a real heart pounder. ..as are dead lifts , squats ,,etc etc
    the best way is to buy a heart rate monitor
  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 609 Member
    My activity, monitor does track strength training, but the calorie burn is no more than my activity burn if I was just walking around.
  • baciodolce18
    baciodolce18 Posts: 113 Member
    I use the strength training cardio category and underestimate my time a little to not really include rest. The other problem with determining calorie burn from strength training is the after burn. You'll continue to burn calories hours after a good lifting session. Lifting is such a great exercise and gets so much bang for your buck in terms of time put in vs calories burned.

    If you're not concerned about eating your calories back, I think the strength training option in cardio is a good estimate.
  • baciodolce18
    baciodolce18 Posts: 113 Member
    Oh and I 2nd the HR monitor. It's the most accurate way for you to measure how hard your body is working.
  • skysiebaby
    skysiebaby Posts: 88 Member
    An HRM is not going to be good for tracking calories for anything other than steady state cardio I'm afraid. They're not accurate for anything like strength training or HIIT.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/the-real-facts-about-hrms-and-calories-what-you-need-to-know-before-purchasing-an-hrm-or-using-one-21472
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    Add "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)" to Cardiovascular to get estimated Calories Burned added to your Diary. Please note that the Calories burned for Cardiovascular exercises provided by MFP are based on published metabolic equivalent of tasks (METs), which are estimates for a general population and may differ for you as an individual. If desired, add individual strength training exercises, such as "Biceps Curl," to Strength Training to have a log of sets, reps, and weights as individual exercises.

    Please see these articles in the list of articles on this topic in the MFP Help pages...
    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-
    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/topics/455842-exercise-diary-and-exercise-database/articles

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  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    skysiebaby wrote: »
    An HRM is not going to be good for tracking calories for anything other than steady state cardio I'm afraid. They're not accurate for anything like strength training or HIIT.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/the-real-facts-about-hrms-and-calories-what-you-need-to-know-before-purchasing-an-hrm-or-using-one-21472

    This
  • Tamlyngo
    Tamlyngo Posts: 96 Member
    Pelamblue wrote: »
    Weightlifting can burn some serious calories. Triple drop sets are a real heart pounder. ..as are dead lifts , squats ,,etc etc
    the best way is to buy a heart rate monitor

    Agree
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    An HRM is in no way accurate for strength training. These "recommendations" should be disregarded by the OP.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    tamlyngon wrote: »
    Pelamblue wrote: »
    Weightlifting can burn some serious calories. Triple drop sets are a real heart pounder. ..as are dead lifts , squats ,,etc etc
    the best way is to buy a heart rate monitor

    Agree

    Disagree
  • pedrozamatt
    pedrozamatt Posts: 67 Member
    Arnold and jay cutler talk about just weighing themselves to adjust their diets, like when wrestlers or boxers are trying to weigh a certain amount, so maybe schedule a routine weight in and adjust your calories accordingly. Ps, only try to lose or gain small amounts of weight at a time.
  • amtru2015
    amtru2015 Posts: 179 Member
    I wear a hr monitor and just enter it under cardio.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    amtru2015 wrote: »
    I wear a hr monitor and just enter it under cardio.

    That gives you a meaningless number since HRMs cannot accurately estimate caloric estimation for anaerobic activity.
  • vadimknobel
    vadimknobel Posts: 165 Member
    I count it as calisthenics. ..
  • amtru2015
    amtru2015 Posts: 179 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    amtru2015 wrote: »
    I wear a hr monitor and just enter it under cardio.

    That gives you a meaningless number since HRMs cannot accurately estimate caloric estimation for anaerobic activity.

    True but at least gives you some kind of idea. Id rather this than pull a number out of my rear
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    amtru2015 wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    amtru2015 wrote: »
    I wear a hr monitor and just enter it under cardio.

    That gives you a meaningless number since HRMs cannot accurately estimate caloric estimation for anaerobic activity.

    True but at least gives you some kind of idea. Id rather this than pull a number out of my rear

    You concede that what I said about the number you get from a HRM being meaningless ... so you essentially are pulling a number from your rear.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    vadimknobel wrote: »
    I count it as calisthenics. ..

    You may be doing yourself a disservice. Unless you're really doing some kind of fast paced circuit training.
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