Question about Weight Lifting calorie burning on myfitnesspal
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Sharkbite2016
Posts: 20 Member
I lift weights mostly for strength training, but I noticed that there was a cardiovascular exercise listed for weight lifting. I entered the amount of minutes I expected to lift and it was say 350. Is this overly generous? Is there an amount of calories that should be subtracted for this for a rule of thumb?
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Yes, very.
Don't bother trying to calculate the calories for strength training... there are too many variables which affect the burn.
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You can still log it in. However be very cautious of high burn rates. If you are going by the TDEE method I don't think it will make a difference as long as you get the exercise in.0
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Calorie burn from lifting is notoriously, and disappointingly, low. I never even messed with it even before I went to TDEE.0
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Sounds like it is more trouble than its worth.0
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