General Question: Strength Training tracking

jbondgirl2
jbondgirl2 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So I see that this application does not take into consideration your strength training into your daily exercise. Am I correct? If that is the case how do we know if we are consuming enough to meet what we are training for? Are there better apps that take into consideration strength training?

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,181 Member
    Add your exercise into the app manually under Cardio and get a conservative estimate based on your height and weight from another website.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    You cannot measure calories burned during strength training by any common means--it's difficult to do even in a laboratory. Most people either a) don't count it and use it as "extra" to make up for inaccuracies in food logging or as a "bonus" or b) pick a set number of calories burned for each workout (e.g. 100-200) and use trial and error over time to see if that is too much or too little).
  • jbondgirl2
    jbondgirl2 Posts: 3 Member
    Azdak so should I estimate and extra 200kcal per day possibly? I find my self still in a deficit but I would think I would be even more so if I was strength training on top of cardio in the same day.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Go into the cardio section - search "strength training" - log your time - realize the number is probably inaccurate because strength training calories are harder to calculate than cardio-based exercises.
  • DevilsFan1
    DevilsFan1 Posts: 342 Member
    Don't add anything. Stick with your current plan and weigh yourself weekly to determine your progress. You can't accurately log calories burned during strength training.
  • jbondgirl2
    jbondgirl2 Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you for the awesome tips. I hope to lean out and lose my 20 lbs in 3 months :)
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