Rule of thumb for strength training and caloric burn

[This is Seth]

So, I've been keeping track of my calories through My Fitness Pal. It's great for food intake and cardio but it's lacking any help on weight training. I was wondering, relying on the community and not google, if there is any rule of thumb for figuring out what I've burned whilst at the gym?

I know that there are a lot of variables involved; speed, weight, repetition, my body weight, room temperature, the average air velocity of a swallow... etc. But any ball parking would be helpful. I just like knowing that spending an hour and a half in a gym is ~400 calories or so.

[Loren Wade]

There's really not any super easy way to tell. But what I can tell you is there's evidence to support that your body burns more calories throughout the day after having weight trained.

[This is Seth]

Yeah, I read that study that Steve linked to, calories are burned up to 36 hours after a heavy weight workout. I don't mean to sound stubborn, I just like real numbers.

Maybe this is a pipe dream, looking for an easy answer to a difficult question. Just hoping for some mathematical equation, if that's possible.

[Loren Wade]

Yeah, I read that study that Steve linked to, calories are burned up to 36 hours after a heavy weight workout. I don't mean to sound stubborn, I just like real numbers.

Maybe this is a pipe dream, looking for an easy answer to a difficult question. Just hoping for some mathematical equation, if that's possible.

Not sure then man. I love NOT worrying about the numbers!