Calories from lifting weights

Lard69
Lard69 Posts: 12 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all,

What do you do about the calories you clearly burn when doing resistance training at the gym. I don't really do anything with them at the moment just leave it blank and aim for cardio and nutrition to keep the calories below the limit MFP sets for me but wonder if I should include those from resistance training.

If you do add these to your log, how do you calculate calories from it?

Many thanks

Anthony

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  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Hi :]

    According to my fit bit - A 15 minute weight training session for me burns around 35 calories. This isn't 100% spot-on, I know but I prefer to log 'something'!

    Depending on your weight/intensity of training/length of time/your stats - you'll probably burn a LOT more than I do! (I'm 5'2 125lbs!)
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    I don't.
    If I record it I list it as 1 cal. Is it more than 1 cal? Yep, but I use TDEE instead of the number MFP gives me.
  • hamlet1222
    hamlet1222 Posts: 459 Member
    edited October 2015
    The 'energy = force x distance' formula can be used to work out the calories expended to lift a weight

    (it doesn't take into account energy lost through body heat and other inefficiencies though, so the really calorie burn is probably 1.5 to 2 times the answer from the formula)

    checkout this other thread on the same subject:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10261335/wieght-training#latest
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    I use the "moderate intensity" option in MFP. It estimates something like 100 calories burned in an hour for me. Overall for me, a 100 calories is negligible, but I like to keep track of how long the workouts take. I think if you are logging food and cardio, you can just think of the calories burned from anything else as "icing on the cake."
  • Lard69
    Lard69 Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks all.
    I have been wondering about this for a while because I try to do some intense lifting with minimal rest between sets to keep the blood flowing and strain on the muscles.
    hamlet1222 I will have a look at that now thanks.
    lisalsd1 wrote: »
    I use the "moderate intensity" option in MFP. It estimates something like 100 calories burned in an hour for me. Overall for me, a 100 calories is negligible, but I like to keep track of how long the workouts take. I think if you are logging food and cardio, you can just think of the calories burned from anything else as "icing on the cake."

    Haha this is the approach that I have been using up until now.

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