Hi there,
I go to F45 classes (HIIT classes) and use both my Fitbit and my lionheart chest strap (tracked through Fitiv) during the classes. My Fitbit never seems to track the high intensity cardio that I am doing and always tracks my walks to and from the gym as higher heart rate and calories burned.
Yesterday I had a 1hr intense cardio class and my chest strap tracked 622 active calories burned in the hour and my Fitbit tracked 224 calories (45 mins out of the hour were ‘below zones’ apparently).
I can import my Fitiv calories and workouts into Fitbit - is that more accurate than relying solely on the watch? What do other people do? I read somewhere that Fitbit tracks calories overall across the day whereas chest straps track expected calories burned during the exercise and over the next hour, however, I am not sure how accurate this is as my Fitbit does not seem to track much for the actual workout itself anyway.
Anyone have any recommendations? I am tracking my calories at the moment so would love to get this right.
