Help logging weight lifting

Fitnessgirl0913
Fitnessgirl0913 Posts: 481 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone,
I am about a week into weight lifting and I am getting a bit frustrated with MFP. Every time I log my weight lifting session (ex 4 sets of 12 tricep overhead extensions, etc) it tracks them but does not provide any calories burned. I know weight lifting burns calories and I find myself going over my daily goal (by 50-150 calories) every day I weight lift because my body needs more fuel since I am exercising but MFP does not give me any calories back for logging . Does anyone know if there is a way to calculate or input calories burned from weight lifting manually or should I just say whatever and not care if I go in the red on those days? Thanks!

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  • sewbank2934
    sewbank2934 Posts: 36 Member
    I don't bother. What I do is log all my exercises on the "workit"app. Free and an excellent app. Then for a 60min weight session, add in a weightlifting session. Which is about 266 cal an hr. With the cardio. Which is 20mins x trainer which again is about 320 cal. So each session down the gym earns me about 600cals.
  • sewbank2934
    sewbank2934 Posts: 36 Member
    Don't forget, that weightlifting is still cutting cals hours after you finish, so it could be more.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Go into the cardio side and log "strength training." It'll give you a few calories. Not many. I think I get about 150 for 45 minutes.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Go into the cardio side and log "strength training." It'll give you a few calories. Not many. I think I get about 150 for 45 minutes.

    This. I'll typically do 3-5 cals burned per minute depending on the type of workout I do.
  • Fitnessgirl0913
    Fitnessgirl0913 Posts: 481 Member
    edited August 2017
    Thanks I just tried it and it worked! It does seem weird you have to log it under cardio but whatever as long as I get my calories back lol. Thanks for all the tips!
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    Fitnessgirl0913 wrote: »
    Thanks I just tried it and it worked! It does seem weird you have to log it under cardio but whatever as long as I get my calories back lol. Thanks for all the tips!

    The strength section is more for keeping track of lifts/sets/reps, not for calorie burning.

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