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How do you log CF WODs? Exs not in database...

LisaCFSF
LisaCFSF Posts: 258 Member
edited November 12 in Social Groups
Seriously, there are no box jumps, squats, etc. let alone Turkish get ups, tire flips, or sledge hammer slams!!! How do you log a workout for semi accurate caloric burn when the database just doesn't cut it as far as CrossFit is concerned?

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  • jenaissance
    jenaissance Posts: 302 Member
    i use an HRM and log it under cardio. They need to fix that!
  • jenaissance
    jenaissance Posts: 302 Member
    oh or look it up on fitclick, but that's extremely time consuming.
  • zenJes
    zenJes Posts: 198 Member
    i use my hrm but i used to work out what i had done in the wod n go from there.. box jumps etc.. id count as calisthetics.. n id put in kb swings as they are pretty different too
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    HRM user as well, then I just add a new WOD to my database.
  • BrendarB
    BrendarB Posts: 2,770 Member
    I originally didn't have a HRM - so I logged exercise as Cardio and broke it down into components -
    mild stretching for about 5 minutes,
    calisthenics - home light (for the warm up)
    and then based on what the wod was, I would do either strenght training and estimate time,
    circuit training general for a more cardioy wod, or calisthenics - vigorous effort for like Cindyish type workouts.
    and then if we had rowing or jumproping, I would take that time out and do that separate.

    I now have a HRM and use that - easier, but what I learned was that I was not that far off logging like I described up above vs what the hrm says.
  • sapalee
    sapalee Posts: 409 Member
    I've been using Beyond The Whiteboard for a few months to log workouts, just started loggin nutrition here. It would be nice to have them together but I LOVE BTWB, it was has the mainsite WOD and all the moves and you can create your own from the moves if your box doesn't post their WOD (some do) . It's $3 a month but totally worth it, lots of great report and summary features. I get a kick out of posting new PRs.
  • twinmom01
    twinmom01 Posts: 854 Member
    I don't really eat back my exercise calories as a rule so I just throw it under cardio for the calorie burn - I just do an estimate based on what we did...and usally skew it low for weights and then anything that is more cardio I will break it out...I will go in under strength training and put in what the lifts were

    I have a HRM and use it on occassion to see if I am about right...
  • pruden6
    pruden6 Posts: 2
    hey ladies what is HRM?:smile:
  • twinmom01
    twinmom01 Posts: 854 Member
    hey ladies what is HRM?:smile:

    Heart rate monitor.

    We just did lifts tonight - cleans and front squats. I used a basis of 10 calories for each lift I did to estimate my calorie burn. I somehow wound up doing 2 extra sets of front squats though for a total of 21. My thighs are going to hurt tomorrow
  • cmay89
    cmay89 Posts: 337 Member
    I log only what cardio I do in a WOD or afterwards in my skill training or endurance training. I don't worry about the rest of the WOD on here, I just sleep easy knowing I burned even more calories than this site says that I did.
  • Jentheoriginal
    Jentheoriginal Posts: 18 Member
    I just created a new WOD under cardio (even though it isn't all cardio). I asked my box owner what people typically burn in 1 hour. His response 800-1000 calories, depending on the workout. I figured that for me, I'm doing less, still newer to it, and not to my full potential so I log 450. I usually always eat those calories, cuz I"m STARVING post workout! Especially on days I run too!!!
  • kvissy
    kvissy Posts: 205 Member
    I google the exercises to see how much is burned in an hour and then divide it by the time that I'm actually doing it. Of course if you're using a weight that's higher or a higher box for BJ's, etc your calorie count should be higher but I figured let me log SOMETHING.

    I also go for the lower number so as not to cheat myself.

    I definitely need to get an HRM!!
  • DJStewie
    DJStewie Posts: 92 Member
    I use a less scientific approach(i.e. lazy). Workouts that shoot my heart rate up I just log as calisthenics(vigorous). Warm-ups i log as calisthenics(moderate/light) and strength days well, there is a category for that. I do log rowing and running WODs seperately if possible.

    I don't use MFP as my workout log either though, just rough estimate of extra calories I can eat.
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