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Can't manually enter activity. No activity types accepted.

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‎02-15-2022 00:43

‎02-15-2022 00:43

I'm trying to enter rock climbing as an activity, but it's not accepting it as an activity type. I also tried to enter "workout" but it's also not accepting it.

No matter what I enter as the activity type, it doesn't work and just gives me an error message that says "Please enter an activity type." No matter what I enter, there are search result that comes up for me to select. I even tried to enter "run" and "swim" which I assume should be accepted activity types, but no search results come up and I get the same error message. 

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‎02-15-2022 02:59

‎02-15-2022 02:59

Hello @TehBentai 

 

There’s a  way to do this.  If you add an Exercise Shortcut to your tracker you can change it later.

 

To add a Shortcut, from the Today Screen in the App on your phone tap your profile picture then Charge 5.  Then tap Exercise Shortcuts.  Choose one that you don’t use to delete by swiping left.  Then you can tap +Exercise Shortcut and choose an appropriate one for you, for example Workout or Outdoor Workout.

 

Sync your Charge 5 and it should show up under Exercise on it.  When you’re ready to climb, press Start and then Finish at the end.

 

Once it’s recorded as an Exercise in the App on your phone you can tap on the arrow at the right of Categorize Exercise.  If you start typing Rock Climbing, that comes up as an option.

 

 I hope that helps a bit.

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