Trouble tracking exercise

[Katerrinah]

I'm trying to track exercise on my app (I have the fitbit alta), but my only options are walk/run/hike and for logging previous exercise walk/run. My app is set to automatically recognise other forms of exercise but that doesn't seem to be registering 

[MakMak]

Hi, @Katerrinah! I'm a little confused as to what you're trying to do. You're a little limited with the Alta as far as tracking actual exercise periods. You have two choices. One is to set your tracker to autodetect activities, which it does a so-so job at (personal opinion). The second is to manually log an activity after the fact from your app, which will not use your heart rate or steps for the period from the tracker, it will estimate your calorie burn. The only activity you can track from your app while you are doing it are gps-based activities like walking and running, which will only factor in your distance traveled, not your heart rate.