Does weight training really burn more calories than cardio activities? I know muscles continue to burn long after the workout, but Daily Plate has me burning 554 calories with a 45 minute weight training workout and only about 200 with a cardio workout. (walking) Heck, why do we do cardio at all? (Can you tell where my loyalties lie? LOL!)
the only way you can tell is by wearing a heart monitor and comparing the calories burned. Of course there could be afterburn which could account for some more calories burned and weight training builds muscle which burns even more calories.
the only way you can tell is by wearing a heart monitor and comparing the calories burned. Of course there could be afterburn which could account for some more calories burned and weight training builds muscle which burns even more calories.
Does the heart rate increase with weight training? I don't feel it. Interesting. Is that why there's such a "phew" when you stop and hug your muscles tight and catch your breath a bit? I never thought about it.
Your heart rate definitely increases when you lift weights! If you are lifting fairly heavy and actually working that is. I wear a body bugg and you should see the way it jumps throughout my routines.
Just to give you an example, every time I lift my HRM tells me I burn over 600 calories per session. My sessions are anywhere from 45 mins to 1.5 hours depending on what I'm doing. So, keep lifting!
My sessions vary from 200-500 depending on length and intensity. A longer, circuit session with heavy weights and small rest periods has the most impact per my Polar.
Keep at it!
Daily Plate and weight training calories
(Can you tell where my loyalties lie? LOL!)
