How to log 21 Day Fix DVDS?

lizzieollie502
lizzieollie502 Posts: 18 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello. How do I log 21 Day Fix DVDS? I tend to log as aerobics or pilates or yoga on those types of days but I didn't know if I was missing something on how to get the correct calories burned. I have a fitbit but it only counts my steps.

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  • questionfear
    questionfear Posts: 527 Member
    Probably either as a cardio exercise like you have, or as strength training (I don't know the specifics of the 21 day fix workouts).

    MyFitnessPal isn't going to know generically what the exact calorie count is, if you want to be fairly exact you'll need a heart rate monitor.
  • mistigoodwin
    mistigoodwin Posts: 411 Member
    You have to log cardio days as cardio and strength training days are hard to log, unless you count all your reps.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    edited June 2016
    Personally, I would switched to the TDEE method that you find in the beachbody guides or change your settings to lightly active to account for the calories burned. It's hard to know what you burn from exercise. This is what I do and I am currently doing P90X2

    And you can still log your exercise but change calories burned to 1 calorie.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    lizzieollie502 wrote: »
    Hello. How do I log 21 Day Fix DVDS? I tend to log as aerobics or pilates or yoga on those types of days but I didn't know if I was missing something on how to get the correct calories burned. I have a fitbit but it only counts my steps.

    Use the same kind of general categories you've been using. Everything with a calorie burn estimate is in the cardiovascular section. Strength training is really hard to estimate.....take the calorie burns with a grain of salt.

    Cardiovascular - strength training

    Cardiovascular - circuit training (combines cardio & strength training)
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