Strength Training Calorie Burn Tracking?

paolinak22
paolinak22 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey! I'm new to the myfitnesspal community and I'm a little lost on the exercise portion. There doesn't seem to be a section indicating 'calories burned' for our Strength Training log, the way there is for our Cardio logs.
My current fitness goal is to build muscle, so I'm doing less cardio, however I still want my logs to be accurate... can anyone help?

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  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited May 2018
    The burns associated with exercise as by strength training are not very significant, far better off rolling that into your TDEE and adjust accordingly your calorie needs for bulk, cut, or maintenance. Since you're bulking, make sure to pick an accurate level of activity, otherwise you won't gain.

    Oh.. just read your goals. Bulk up muscle and cut belly fat are opposite ends of the spectrum and pretty much mutually exclusive.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    The Strength part of the diary is just a journal with no calorie functionality.

    Log total duration of your workout under the Cardiovascular part of your diary as strength training like this.....

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  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    Its not a big calorie burner
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    edited May 2018
    giantrobot_powerlifting wrote: »
    The burns associated with exercise as by strength training are not very significant, far better off rolling that into your TDEE and adjust accordingly your calorie needs for bulk, cut, or maintenance. Since you're bulking, make sure to pick an accurate level of activity, otherwise you won't gain.

    Oh.. just read your goals. Bulk up muscle and cut belly fat are opposite ends of the spectrum and pretty much mutually exclusive.

    Recomp is precisely adding some muscle while losing some fat and is perfectly normal, very few people need to do cut/bulk cycles unless they have advanced goals.

    OP - you might like to scan this thread about OP....
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    giantrobot_powerlifting wrote: »
    The burns associated with exercise as by strength training are not very significant, far better off rolling that into your TDEE and adjust accordingly your calorie needs for bulk, cut, or maintenance. Since you're bulking, make sure to pick an accurate level of activity, otherwise you won't gain.

    Oh.. just read your goals. Bulk up muscle and cut belly fat are opposite ends of the spectrum and pretty much mutually exclusive.

    Recomp is precisely adding some muscle while losing some fat and is perfectly normal, very few people need to do cut/bulk cycles unless they have advanced goals.

    OP - you might like to scan this thread about OP....
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1
    I stand corrected. I forget about recomp since I hang out with powerlifters and more physique type athletes.
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