Spinning class

[Deekay212]

Hi, I've just finished a spinning class and achieved over 17miles. I try and do this at least twice a week, however my Fitbit blaze only records around 2/3km. I have the Blaze in Spinning mode and it seems to record the time and heart rate correctly. What can I do to capture the correct distance then convert to steps?
Darren

[ChrisAA]

Not sure why you would want to do this.  Spinning is a drastically different activity than walking and recording a biking or spinning session as walking kind of corrupts the value of the data.  Say you do manage to do it and a month goes by.  You look back and see you walked 17 miles that day not remembering that was a spin class.  Gives a false perception of how far you're actually walking.

If you record it as a workout however, then that is more accurate.

[bbarrera]

@ChrisAA on the first question he specifically stated Blaze is in Spinning mode. Agree with you in general, however keep in mind that folks like Deekay212 and myself participate in challenges and with Fitbit Zip or One you are awarded a lot more steps while biking or spinning than with Blaze. So it is natural to want credit for those activities. Not saying it is technically correct, just saying that Fitbit has rigged the challenge game in favor of pocket trackers when it comes to cycling. Oh, and I get 10,000 steps pacing around office on conference calls - from a fitness point-of-view that is drastically different than getting 10,000 steps running or power walking, where your heart rate is elevated. My spinning and cycling workouts are on part with running 7-9 minute miles, are challenges really about steps or are they about promoting a healthier lifestyle? Fitbit has some catching up to do on integrating fitness into challenges.

@Deekay212 I believe the only way to record miles on a stationary bike is to manually log the activity. You may need to delete the activity recorded on Blaze. As far as I know, it is not possible to edit a spin activity and add miles. 

It is not possible to "convert" biking or spinning into steps. You either get some or you don't. If Blaze picks up steps during activity, then I believe those are preserved when manually adding the activity. When spinning or biking I get the most steps with tracker in pocket, up to 10,000 per hour at 90+ average RPMs.