Weight Training

LesGray
LesGray Posts: 2
edited September 29 in Fitness and Exercise
Newbie here !

Just wondering -- why is there no "calorie allowance" for weight training ?

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  • Bigpelly8
    Bigpelly8 Posts: 504 Member
    You need to find it listed under cardio excercises.
  • rddeppy
    rddeppy Posts: 44
    was wondering the same thing! Thanks for asking!
  • emmerrs
    emmerrs Posts: 158 Member
    I'm assuming because it burns very minimal calories.
  • karleen
    karleen Posts: 260
    I'm assuming because it burns very minimal calories.

    so far from the truth!
  • stroutman81
    stroutman81 Posts: 2,474 Member
    Weight training can't be lumped into a single category. We can't say, "weight training burns minimal calories." There are endless ways to weight train... some of them will be more calorie expensive than others.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Weight training can actually burn a LOT of calories. The problem is, it's impossible to track how many calories it burns accurately. There are way too many factors to make a blanket number. The intensity of the exercise, the weight being used, the fitness level of the person doing the exercise,muscle tone, all play a factor. A person who has never done a dumbbell curl and a person who does 100 curls a day will both burn vastly different amounts of calories while doing curls. There's really no way to generalize it accurately.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    You don't burn many calories while doin weight training. At max 50 calories for the normal weight lifter. However, it does burn fat. It keeps your metabolism spiked so you'll end up burning a few extra calories over time and in the mean time it burns away @ the fat. Leaving you lean :)

    But unfortantly weight lifting alone doesn't burn alot of calories which is why you should always include cardio afterwards to give you a good calorie burn. Hope I could be of some help.



    Note: that is from the reserach I have done. But considering not everyone works out the same way and everyone's bodies burn calories at different amounts it depends on different variables. But track it with a HRM and see for yourself. That's my advice :)
  • cjjones007
    cjjones007 Posts: 602
    Weight training can't be lumped into a single category. We can't say, "weight training burns minimal calories." There are endless ways to weight train... some of them will be more calorie expensive than others.

    Absolutely correct - If you do a High Intensity Circuit (interval training) for weight - I burn MORE calories in 30 minutes than I do on the Elliptical, but if I just do standard weight training - I burn roughly 1/3...

    Completely depends on how you go about it
  • mystiedragonfly
    mystiedragonfly Posts: 189 Member
    It is hard to calculate the amount of calories burned in lifting.

    However, they do allow for a "Weight Training" option under the cardio section here. The number is VERY low, but it gives SOME credit.
  • stroutman81
    stroutman81 Posts: 2,474 Member
    You don't burn many calories while doin weight training. At max 50 calories for the normal weight lifter. However, it does burn fat. It keeps your metabolism spiked so you'll end up burning a few extra calories over time and in the mean time it burns away @ the fat. Leaving you lean :)

    Again, you can't categorically say "weight training burns 50 calories." It's going to depend on the contents of the program, the individual, etc.

    And the caloric burn after weight lifting isn't all that great, believe it or not. For any exercise really, it's not all that great.

    What traditional strength training does, primarily in the context of this forum, is it provides a stimulus for muscle preservation while losing fat. Put differently, it improves the quality of weight lost... which is why it's not solely about the number on the scale. It's about body composition too.
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