Active Minutes Not Accurate

[Equanimity]

I find it extremely disheartening that my Fitbit does not track circuit training as active minutes.

Is there any way around this?

When I start my workout, I start the circuit training timer. After 30 - 45 minutes of working out, I end the timer and it shows my workout stats. 

Even though I've tracked this exercise, it does not appear as active minutes, which is not only frustrating but misleading.

By fitbit logic, my 20 minute walk at 2mph with my dog is more active than 45 minutes of heavy duty resistance training. As a fitness tracker, that just doesn't seem right.

I want my workouts to appear in active minutes, dangit!

[Rich_Laue]

Active minutes come when the tracker detects a caloric burn of 3 times the BMR, and the minutes fall within a 10 minute period of movement. They don't depend on the time period being recorded as an activity. 

http://help.fitbit.com/?q=Active

[Colinm39]

@EquanimityTo add to @Rich_Laue@ post the image below shows the speed I have to walk to achieve Active Minutes. I have just checked a GPS walk and I achieved Active Minutes @ 3.24 mph (5.21)kmh .

You can check the speed you must walk by creating some 10 minute walking activities as below.

or

You will need an activity to get  your HR up to at least 65% of your MaxHR.. ie 220-age x 0.65 at a slower speed. I can achieve that by walking at 3mph with some incline.. Provided I get my HR up to the top of Fat Burning Zone and nearly at Cardio Zone..

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@Equanimity wrote:

I find it extremely disheartening that my Fitbit does not track circuit training as active minutes.

Is there any way around this?

When I start my workout, I start the circuit training timer. After 30 - 45 minutes of working out, I end the timer and it shows my workout stats. 

Even though I've tracked this exercise, it does not appear as active minutes, which is not only frustrating but misleading.

By fitbit logic, my 20 minute walk at 2mph with my dog is more active than 45 minutes of heavy duty resistance training. As a fitness tracker, that just doesn't seem right.

I want my workouts to appear in active minutes, dangit!

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