Strength training calorie burning????

namesncircles
namesncircles Posts: 6 Member
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Hi guys I need some help. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it just doesn't do it but when I log cardio it shows calories burned but it doesn't for strength? Does it only do it for cardio or am I doing it wrong?

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  • CountessKitteh
    CountessKitteh Posts: 1,505 Member
    namesncircles wrote: »
    Hi guys I need some help. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it just doesn't do it but when I log cardio it shows calories burned but it doesn't for strength? Does it only do it for cardio or am I doing it wrong?

    Log it as "strength training/weight lifting" under the cardio exercises. The strength stuff is more for keeping track of what weight you're currently lifting/how many reps you're rockin'.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    If you log strength training under cardio, you will get a calorie burn estimate.

    Calorie burns are especially difficult to measure for strength training............
  • namesncircles
    namesncircles Posts: 6 Member
    Awesome!!! Thanks a bunch!!!
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    If you log strength training under cardio, you will get a calorie burn estimate.

    Calorie burns are especially difficult to measure for strength training............

    This. So many things go into the calorie burn during lifting that any estimate is almost useless. I always adjust my lifting calories burned to 1 after they auto log, because I know they aren't accurate. But then again, I use the TDEE method and not the NEAT method, so it doesn't affect me adversely.
  • mariannekehl
    mariannekehl Posts: 66 Member
    I always wondered this. Thanks!
  • rlb750
    rlb750 Posts: 1 Member
    All good information to use/consider. Thanks everyone for your input!

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