Does strength exercise ever increase calories for the day?

Thanks Coco_mum
It is Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)
I found this article about the benefits of both and the calories it burns: http://www.livestrong.com/article/78970-cardio-exercise-vs.-strength-traininig/.

You have to search for "strength training" under cardio, sounds silly, but it's set up that way on this site. You do get extra calories for strength training, definitely. Anaerobic exercise burns calories!

You have to enter it under cardio, not strength.

The DB for bicep curls, etc. I believe is to track your reps and weight, but doesn't reflect the calorie burn.

I never include strength trainnig in my diary, only cardio. I look at cals burnt doing weight training as a bonus.

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150 more burnt than mfp says or less?

Ah ok, i looked up strength training under cardio, but you have to know how many calories you burned and I don't. Useless...

I like the idea of just thinking of them as extra weight loss. I just don't want to not eat back those calories and put my body into starvation mode (I'm already down at 1270 cal/day)

i dont eat back my calories everyday if i can help it....

...i like to save em for my cheat day at the weekend

Ah ok, i looked up strength training under cardio, but you have to know how many calories you burned and I don't. Useless...

I like the idea of just thinking of them as extra weight loss. I just don't want to not eat back those calories and put my body into starvation mode (I'm already down at 1270 cal/day)

You need an HRM to learn about a truer caloric burn, otherwise you will need to be good at estimating.

the idea of eating back calories is to allow you to reach your nutritional goals.

ie, burning 200 cals on the treadmill means you can then have that protien shake to hit your protien goal for that day and still be under target overall, or thats my take on it.

i dont eat back the majority of mine for the reason above, and because i guess all my weights of food, so cals burnt will make up for any misjudgements on my part.....

...kind of like an insurance against cocking up

I've read articles that have said that the notion that strength training will turn the ordinary person's body into into a 24/7 calorie-blasting furnace is major hype. There's apparently a modest increase in calorie burning capacity that lasts for a short time after exercise.

This is NOT to say that strength training isn't important. As someone else said, cardio may give you more bang for the buck if you want to eat more.

I mean I put in bicep curls (and triceps, back, chest, etc) in the exercise on this site and it didn't effect my calories. I was just wondering if the site doesn't count that as burning calories or if I'm missing something.

I don't know, but I wonder if it's got to do with the whole muscle being denser than fat issue...

You are burning fat, but you are INCREASING you muscle mass (which weighs more per cubic inch than fat), so while you maybe getting THINNER you may not be getting any LIGHTER... So calories burned would not contribute toward weight loss.... Does this make sense to anybody else? I really just made this up trying to figure it out.

No, it's simply the way MFP sets up their system. Calories burned is listed under cardio, weights and reps under strength.

Also, to correct something you mentioned (I understand you're just stumbling through...that's ok!), you're never actually going to gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit. Yes, you can firm your existing muscle, yes, sometimes this makes it look 'bigger' (along with cellular swelling from water retention)...but you didn't actually gain anything.

Thanks,
I gotta a question re:

you're never actually going to gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit.

What if I'm not eating at a deficit? I hit my weight goal and am eating at maintenance and trying to firm up a bit.

I'm just trying to figure things out from my past experience.
When ever I came off of a sedentary spell and threw myself into activity. (winter --> summer)
I wasn't intentionally dieting...
I'd always gain 5 lbs in the first few weeks, then lose 5 lbs in the few weeks after that. I always sort of assume it was muscle increase, followed by fat decrease. I'd end up the same weight, but be a more compact me.

i've had the same ???

I mean I put in bicep curls (and triceps, back, chest, etc) in the exercise on this site and it didn't effect my calories. I was just wondering if the site doesn't count that as burning calories or if I'm missing something.

I don't know, but I wonder if it's got to do with the whole muscle being denser than fat issue...

You are burning fat, but you are INCREASING you muscle mass (which weighs more per cubic inch than fat), so while you maybe getting THINNER you may not be getting any LIGHTER... So calories burned would not contribute toward weight loss.... Does this make sense to anybody else? I really just made this up trying to figure it out.

No, it's simply the way MFP sets up their system. Calories burned is listed under cardio, weights and reps under strength.

Also, to correct something you mentioned (I understand you're just stumbling through...that's ok!), you're never actually going to gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit. Yes, you can firm your existing muscle, yes, sometimes this makes it look 'bigger' (along with cellular swelling from water retention)...but you didn't actually gain anything.

Thanks,
I gotta a question re:

you're never actually going to gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit.

What if I'm not eating at a deficit? I hit my weight goal and am eating at maintenance and trying to firm up a bit.

I'm just trying to figure things out from my past experience.
When ever I came off of a sedentary spell and threw myself into activity. (winter --> summer)
I wasn't intentionally dieting...
I'd always gain 5 lbs in the first few weeks, then lose 5 lbs in the few weeks after that. I always sort of assume it was muscle increase, followed by fat decrease. I'd end up the same weight, but be a more compact me.

Maintenance is still going to act like a deficit unless your calculations are way off and you're overfeeding.

That weght you gain in the first few weeks is just your body holding onto water to repair/destress the muscles. Picture your muscles swelling with water (like a dry sponge when you get it wet) on a cellular level, and you'll get the idea. Often this is why girls think they've gained muscle too, those mucles can look visibly bigger.

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