Strength Training

vetagagne
vetagagne Posts: 2 Member
edited September 30 in Health and Weight Loss
Why aren't the calories burned during strength training calculated? Is there a way to do this?

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  • tasoconnor
    tasoconnor Posts: 421 Member
    Under cardio there is a strength training choice.
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    bump I need to know this too
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    but remember, it may seem low, but even hours after you're done lifting weights, you're still burning
  • treeman821
    treeman821 Posts: 20
    but remember, it may seem low, but even hours after you're done lifting weights, you're still burning
    that's good too know... It's says an hour of weight training is appx 200 calories.. does seen low
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
    You could invest about $100 in a polar heart rate monitor. It is totally worth the money, and way more accurate than MFP "guesstimates" for cardio exercises.
  • vetagagne
    vetagagne Posts: 2 Member
    Yes, I log my strength training exercises but the calories burned are not calculated like the cardio calories.
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    Strength Training is very hard to guess. There are a lot of factors in play:

    Intensity (Reps/sets/weight)
    Conditioning
    Muscle mass ( the more mass you have the more you'lll burn, particularly in lifting)
    Lifts done (Compound lifts like sqauts , bench press and dead lifts burn a lot more calories than isolation lifts like bicep curls)
    Timing (How much time between reps and sets can change how many calories you burn)

    As mentioned above, lifting increases you caloric burn for hours after you lift, as much as 48 hours.

    So, 200 calories for an hour of lifting is for most males going to be very low if you are lifting heavy in higher volume.
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    You could invest about $100 in a polar heart rate monitor. It is totally worth the money, and way more accurate than MFP "guesstimates" for cardio exercises.
    For around $100 you can get a used bodybugg off of ebay and it will be more accurate than the HRM, particularly for lifting weights.
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