Strength Training 5x5 (Stronglifts) - Calories Burned is Hogwash

Doo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:53:50 +0000

I would time your workout. I have found that calories burned decreases a lot when workout takes longer. Mostly because of rest periods.

Although I am only guessing from what I have noticed, I would add incrementally more calories burned for a given workout given increases in total weight lifted but then subtract calories burned when workout time increases. Don't spend too much time thinking about this. Concentrate on the weights themselves :).

Scottymouth — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:09:27 +0000

Thanks - I did that this morning...easy quick fix

Doo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:29:47 +0000

mojohealy suggested adding a custom cardio exercise. I use that to put in calories burned. Since I am using a heart rate monitor, I also put in elapsed time and average heart rate.