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Active minutes fact or fiction?

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‎03-09-2018 13:47

‎03-09-2018 13:47

I have been trying to get this feature to work with no such luck.... This is my second tracker that I've had and I have done everything possible to get it to work and it's been to the point that I don't even try. My last tracker blacked out on me and this one isn't much better....

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‎03-09-2018 23:55

‎03-09-2018 23:55

Active minutes are certainly weird. Sometimes the confusion is because fitbit only gives active minutes when it thinks you are being very active rather than just mildly active. There's a help file on them that may shed some light: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1379

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‎04-29-2018 11:00 - edited ‎04-29-2018 11:03

In response to SteveH

‎04-29-2018 11:00 - edited ‎04-29-2018 11:03

Thank you I've read this article a few times and I've tried it out but the only time it seems to work is if I am throwing fast pitch for softball which only registered me with 2 active minutes  when I was pitching for a good 15-20 minutes, and it was more than pretty intense and a bit over board in my opinion if I was to constantly do this just to get my active minutes it could be very dangerous 

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‎04-29-2018 11:10

In response to MisTwizT3d

‎04-29-2018 11:10

The best types of exercise to get active minutes are those with a high step count. 

 

As I mentioned before, active minutes are a little strange and if they are causing more confusion than benefit then just ignore them. I certainly wouldn't do anything you consider dangerous just to get some numbers on your dashboard. 

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