How many calories does weight lifting burn?

[ColtsForTheWin]

I heard a lot of it was after lifting through muscle lipolysis (sp?). Is this true? Does this mean I shouldn't work out at night?

[PaulieThaGreat]

200,000 calories a minute....... lol jp.... probably more then the treadmill

[MarkA15]

Depends on the intensity and how long.

[Veeshmack]

depends on few things
how long
intensity
are you doing large muscles like back, chest, and legs or small like biceps/triceps?

probably more then the treadmill

and i kind of doubt that

[Dothackdewey]

It's not about burning calories while you do it, weight lifting is great for revving up your metabolism, and will burn more calories throughout the day. Plus any muscle you add burns more calories than fat. So overall you should keep lifting.

[Feny]

i bought a polar f6 heart rate monitor... the thing tracks your heart rate and how many calories you burn based on your weight, age, and hr... its supposed to be as acurate as an ekg... but as a general rule... me and my 3 workout buddies burn about 600-900 calories without cardio, doing a 1 hour 15 min workout before doing any kind of cardio... but the positive thing about the hr monitor is that you can try to keep your hr at a fat burning level, so that more of the calories you burn are from fats.... any quesitons... just ask or PM me...

[GoldBlue]

i bought a polar f6 heart rate monitor... the thing tracks your heart rate and how many calories you burn based on your weight, age, and hr... its supposed to be as acurate as an ekg... but as a general rule... me and my 3 workout buddies burn about 600-900 calories without cardio, doing a 1 hour 15 min workout before doing any kind of cardio... but the positive thing about the hr monitor is that you can try to keep your hr at a fat burning level, so that more of the calories you burn are from fats.... any quesitons... just ask or PM me...

holy **** thats quite a bit... No wonder I lost so much weight when I added 40 minutes of cardio...