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Adding calories burned during weight training

Runner42151
Runner42151 Posts: 18 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I wear my fitness tracker when I do a weight workout. I would like to add the calories burned based on the info from my fitness tracker in the exercise spot. I do not want to add how many reps/sets I do. Is there a way to add the calories burned under "weights" in the exercise spot without adding reps/sets?

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    There is a weight lifting or strength training entry in cardio you can use. The Weights portion is only for tracking reps.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Don't use you tracker's estimates if it's using heart rate to base its guesstimate on as it would be very exaggerated.
    If you have a special weight training mode on your tracker it might be OK.

    If you are logging manually then you can log the total duration of your workout (rests between sets are assumed in the estimate) but it needs to be logged in the Cardio section of the exercise diary - search for "strength training".

    The Strength part of the diary has no calorie functionality, it's just a journal effectively.
  • Runner42151
    Runner42151 Posts: 18 Member
    Found it - thank you
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