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Treadmill Exercise

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‎05-04-2016 12:26

‎05-04-2016 12:26

Today I used my new Blaze to record my walk on the treadmill. When I started I selected Treadmill exercise option from the device and went about my merry way. I finished, took a shower, and when I actually check the FitBit app on my phone for the stats on the walk, it decided to record the exercise as a run, which triggered the gps setting destroying my miles since I was stationary. Is this a bug?

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‎05-05-2016 05:40

‎05-05-2016 05:40

Hi there @DanteMiles. Welcome to the Fitbit Community! 🙂

 

This is kind of tricky. You did a run on the treadmill, that's for sure but you were really stationary as you mention. In this situation, I think the best option would have been to categorize your activity as "Treadmill" specifically as this will optimize your data and will not mess up your distance as it's been designed especifically for that. The Run option is better for instances where you are really running across a real route and not just in one place so keep this in mind for the next one and I'm pretty sure that will work.

 

Hope this helps and if you need anything else, let me know and I'll be glad to help!

Ferdin | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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‎05-05-2016 09:21 - edited ‎05-05-2016 09:23

In response to FerdinandFitbit

‎05-05-2016 09:21 - edited ‎05-05-2016 09:23

If the GPS was turned on,  then you should see a map,  with a red line that looks more like something a 2 year old would scribble.

 

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‎05-05-2016 09:24

In response to Rich_Laue

‎05-05-2016 09:24

Treadmill exercise shouldnt have gps, there is no gear icon. Plus why would
you even add the option for gps on a treadmill? Of note though, my phone
wasnt on me for the exercise. Was testing the distance connection.
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‎05-06-2016 13:43

‎05-06-2016 13:43

You said Treadmill was chosen on the tracker. Once you tapped Treadmill, you then need to press the lower right button, or tap the green arrow at the lower right to actually start tracking the Exercise. If this wasn't done then one of the Automatically Recognized exercises may have been triggered. In your case it was Run, which won't track steps, or distance. In fact none of the Automatically Recognized exercises track distance, which is why I have set them all to Ignore.

Once I have started an Exercise from the tracker, the exercise I have chosen has always shown up correctly in the app and web Dashboard.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 on Android 6.0.1, Fitbit Blaze (17.8.401.3)
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