How much weight training burn?

When I go to the gym I do at least 10 of the machines, working my entire body.

2 sets, 12 reps, and around 20-50 lbs depending on the machine.  Legs work harder.

How much does this approximately burn in calories?

Hope someone can shed some insight.

Thanks, Mary

it's tough to say because everyone is different.  judging by what you do i would probably say in between 300-500 calories and hour.

I'd say that Keepliftin66 is pretty accurate.  It all depends on your effort, your current weight, your resting heart rate, etc.

If you've plugged your stats into the CC profile, then you should be able to get a close guesstimate by using the Activity Log on cc.  Enter 'Weight Lifting' as a search option.  It should bring up some choices for using Nautilus-type equipment.  You can then enter the minutes that you worked out.  This will give you an idea of how many calories you've burned.

According to the reference books (which are subjective), I burn approximatly 350 calories during a vigorous 45 minute circuit.  However, keep in mind that muscle burns fat so you'll keep burning calories even after the workout.  In other words, keep up the good work no matter how many calories you burn!

That's about correct.  When you start to plateau  take a week break then hop back where you started but without using machines.  Do the same exercises with dumbbells.  You'll really notice your toning come back and you'll break the plateau. 

I have no clue and i often 0wonder the same thing. When you lift weights, you take breaks between sets, right (at least I do). So do you enter the entire time you lifted or the time spent actually lifting? And if it's the latter, short of carrying around a stop watch, how does one even figure that out?

It depends on your age, height, weight, and fitness level. I'm 22 y/o, 5'5", ~115 lbs, and my heart rate monitor says I burn about 400 in a 2 hour weight training session, including a 10 minute elliptical warmup and 10 minute ellip cooldown.

Original Post by erinw43:

I have no clue and i often 0wonder the same thing. When you lift weights, you take breaks between sets, right (at least I do). So do you enter the entire time you lifted or the time spent actually lifting? And if it's the latter, short of carrying around a stop watch, how does one even figure that out?

Using a Heart Rate Monitor really helps (the ones with calorie counters) b/c it counts your cals according to your heart rate even when you are in "down time." I was logging my soccer according to an estimate of the the time I was actually on the field, but b/c of the intensity, my heart rate was elevated even when I was off the field, too, so my total burn, by HRM, was a lot more than I thought. I think the same would apply with lifting, because it is high-intensity exercise.