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Abs/Core excercises

Fee1804
Fee1804 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How do folk record for example a half hour excercise class focusing on abs/core ??

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Depends.

    If the class was made up of circuits, I’d use Circuit Training.
    If mostly bodyweight moves, I’d use Calisthenics.
  • emmies_123
    emmies_123 Posts: 513 Member
    I agree with Shadow2soul.

    I tend to log my ab-focused workouts as Calisthenics when in doubt, as that gives me the lower burn and keeps me from overestimating my net calories. I judge if it is "light/moderate" or "vigorous" by my breathing rate at end of workout.
  • Fee1804
    Fee1804 Posts: 14 Member
    Can’t seem to see this within strength category when logging the exercise. If you have to create an exercise how do you gauge calories??
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited August 2018
    Fee1804 wrote: »
    Can’t seem to see this within strength category when logging the exercise. If you have to create an exercise how do you gauge calories??
    You log it under Cardio. Logging under strength in MFP does not give a calorie burn estimate.


    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-
  • Fee1804
    Fee1804 Posts: 14 Member
    Thanks.. fairly new to MFP and familiarising with logging of types of exercise
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