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stupid question about cardio and TDEE/daily requirements

jbmackey5
jbmackey5 Posts: 42 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
im bulking and do 3 days of heavy lifting and 3 days of intense cardio.

i have a stupid question in regards to TDEE and days that i do cardio. Lets say for example that during my hour of cardio i burn 700 calories. Im currently bulking on 3000, so does that mean i add the 700 to that to make up for calories lost during my cardio, or is that figured into the TDEE when i select "very active"?

TIA

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  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    If it's the MFP default you would add in those calories and eat them. If you are doing a true TDEE then you would not. So you have to decide which you are following. What's your job? Are you "very active" all day long not counting exercise?
  • jbmackey5
    jbmackey5 Posts: 42 Member
    i work out of my house and travel throughout the day to visit accounts. Im very type A and always moving around and frigidity. I dont ever nap and if im still for more than 20 minutes i get up do something. Im always moving around(plus i have a 2 story house, i bet i walk up and down unintentionally 20 times a day)
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Most people following the MFP method add back only 1/2 of the exercise calories because they usually are overstated.
  • rban1000
    rban1000 Posts: 7 Member
    edited January 2017
    I don't think until you are wearing a Fitbit bracelet can you know how much calories you are actually burning
    I am wearing mine for a week. My eyes have been opened.
    Machines lie. My elliptical has my height and weight etc and tell me I lost 400 to 600 per hour...my Fitbit tells me it was 180...
    Classes lie.
    what workout truly makes you lose 700 calories per hour?? Bec I kill myself kickboxing and sweat like a pig push myself to the max and my Fitbit tells me I lost 177 calories for the hour....not the 800 to 1000 advertised....
    I know it could be bec I lost 25lbs and I am skinny now...so I burn less.

    Either way
    I sweat and can't even breathe while boxing, doing planks, jumping jacks, pushing a double stroller with chubby 13 month olds in it uphill with high knees....still I lose less then 200 an hour my Fitbit says and it records my heart rate 24/7

    So what exercise burns more. I will try it.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Yes, if you're doing a lot of cardio you'll need to eat more as you need to be in a surplus to bulk
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    jbmackey5 wrote: »
    im bulking and do 3 days of heavy lifting and 3 days of intense cardio.

    i have a stupid question in regards to TDEE and days that i do cardio. Lets say for example that during my hour of cardio i burn 700 calories. Im currently bulking on 3000, so does that mean i add the 700 to that to make up for calories lost during my cardio, or is that figured into the TDEE when i select "very active"?

    TIA

    Re. the bold
    If you mean the activity setting on here then be aware it isn't TDEE - it excludes exercise (job & lifestyle only), this site isn't a TDEE calculator.

    You would have to another TDEE calculator site and manually set that as your goal - that number would then include an estimated average for your exercise routine and you would eat the same level daily.

    Both methods work if done sensibly. Both methods need a feedback loop from your actual results over an extended period of time.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
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