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Calories vs Steps vs Active Minutes

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‎12-31-2018 01:38

‎12-31-2018 01:38

I play a lot of volleyball during which I don't wear my Fitbit Charge 2 but a Polar H10 with a chest strap. So I am wondering what is a more accurate measure of my activity level. Will it be steps, calories or active minutes? Does burning more calories lead fitbit to calculate more number of steps. I don't think so because on days I play volleyball I sometimes burn upwards of 2k calories in a 3 hour session but my steps remain the same.

Also from what I understand, if I am working out in a gym with weights, I need to manually start recording the exercise. There is no auto recognition for weights. But does it automatically stop recording the workout once I have stopped lifting weights?

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‎12-31-2018 05:23

‎12-31-2018 05:23

"Also from what I understand, if I am working out in a gym with weights, I need to manually start recording the exercise. There is no auto recognition for weights. But does it automatically stop recording the workout once I have stopped lifting weights?"

 

If it's manually started, you must be the one to stop the tracking as well.

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