Why doesn't MFP give me a calorie count on weight lifting?

sevangelista
sevangelista Posts: 42
edited September 22 in Fitness and Exercise
Building lean muscle is reported to be the best way to boost metabolic rate and shed calories...why aren't they calculated from the sets that I record?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    It does enter "strength training" into the cardio section, the other section is just to track your progress.
  • sevangelista
    sevangelista Posts: 42
    I know it records the data, but it doesn't add to the calories I can eat on a net basis...or am i missing something
  • Healthyby30
    Healthyby30 Posts: 1,349 Member
    You have to put it in under the cardio section for it to figure in the calories
  • byebye200
    byebye200 Posts: 18
    I was wondering about that myself....
  • sevangelista
    sevangelista Posts: 42
    Thanks all...that explains it...you can enter the exercies under cardio and then it works ok...
  • jawhms
    jawhms Posts: 3 Member
    It doesn't make sense that I can burn 1000 calories on the elliptical in 45 minutes, but only 350 calories weight lifting in 45 minutes. My nutritionist also said that weight training burns more calories. What's the deal?
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