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Certainly, for me, weights is about reshaping rather than fitness. Running burns my calories, I don't need weights for that :)
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Oh, I'm definitely out of breath (and sweating hard) at the end of a set. But when I check my heart rate, it's nowhere near my running heart rate. Maybe I've been underestimating then. I have been trying for some time to work out calorie burn during weight training. It's the gap in knowledge in my exercise regime and that…
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I promise I put effort in - if I can lift 10 reps, it's not heavy enough. And I have definitely seen extensive benefits. I am very small/light though (but strong ;) ) and my calorie burn is depressingly low compared to others :) I only burn 2000 for a marathon! There is an argument that the total calorie burn attributed to…
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I lift twice a week, an hour a session. Broadly, because it varies depending on my running schedule/any injury/etc, I start with either deadlifts or split squats - hammer them heavy and hard. Then an upper body superset of agonist/antagonist pairs + agility/plyometric work. Examples: pull ups + shoulder press, push ups +…
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Yep. I don't count them. It's fewer then you think. MFP calculates me at 300-odd an hour, which is nonsense.
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Ha! I think I've answered my question. But will post in case it helps anyone else. This is from Saturday, when I ran a half marathon distance. Obviously, over 35000 steps, I have not earned only 13 cals. My excess steps (subtracting those used on the run) is around 10000, which is pretty much my zero balance, and hence the…
