Why does Strength Exercises seem to have no impact on Calorie intake? Only Cardio?

milkey72
milkey72 Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I notice when I put in my strength exercise routine in that it has no impact on anything and doesn't seem to be logged anywhere other than what the exercise is? Is there any point in going through this exercise when only cardio seems to have any impact?

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  • 5dwmhhdkqx
    5dwmhhdkqx Posts: 1 Member
    The app does state that it is currently unable to calculate the calories burned during strength workouts. I assume that is the reason nothing shows up. Or at least part of the reason; if I understood your question correctly.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,437 Member
    If you are only concerned about the calories added to the app, then go to "Exercise" use the Cardio section to log Strength Training. It comes up as "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)" and it will give you a calories burned estimate.

    You say,
    Is there any point in going through this exercise when only cardio seems to have any impact?

    Strength training is important, and if you're trying to lose weight keep doing it!
  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,857 Member
    It's a fools errand to try to calculate calories by adding up sets.

    If you want to track your sets and reps, I use Google Sheets, or there are various free and sub apps for that.

    For calories, do total session time as cmriverside said above, and that should be a reasonable estimate.

    The point to resistance training is it helps you retain the muscle you already have while you're losing weight, and it helps with body composition, injury prevention, etc.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,921 Member
    I think by "going through this exercise" the OP was referring to "is it worth logging every strength exercise I do individually".

    For that, it is absolutely worth logging what you did, how heavy, how many sets/reps. But I personally do not log those data through the app, I keep a paper journal where I log my workouts. Both for posterity (I can look back and see what my workouts were like 15 years ago) and also as a starting point to know which weights I need to reach for the next time I do the same workout.

    Here on the app, all I log is total time spent lifting through the cardio statement as explained by @cmriverside. (Well, I also log here in the forums as well, but since I tend to do the same workout each week, it's a simple copy-paste job to relist my workout into a new post.)

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