Exercise

[SunsetRunner]

Why can't I enter my house cleaning time as exercise

[LZeeW]

Hello @SunsetRunner and welcome to the Community.  Sometimes my house cleaning gets get automatically sensed as aerobic workout or sport if it is a big enough time chunk of heavy duty activity.  If you want to track it using the Exercise app on your Charge 5, use the Workout shortcut.

[RiekoC]

Hello @SunsetRunner 

As @LZeeW mentioned, you can use generic "Workout" when you do housecleaning to track your activity & Active Zone Minutes. You probably want to manually start & stop the session. After you're done, you can go into the Fitbit app and rename the exercise session as "House cleaning", if you would like to keep track of it separately from your other workouts. 

[SunsetRunner]

What workout shortcut?

[RiekoC]

Hi @SunsetRunner 

Your Charge 5 can currently have up to 6 workout shortcuts. From the clock face, swipe to the left to see the Exercise tile. Swipe up to see the default shortcuts. 

If you want to change the shortcuts and the order:

• From the Today page in your Fitbit app, tap on your picture/icon in the upper right to open the Account page
• Tap on the Charge 5 tile to open the Charge 5 page
• Swipe up to see Exercise Shortcuts and tap on it
• You should see 6 exercise shorts.
  • To remove the ones you don't use, swipe to the left.
  • When you have less than 6 shortcuts, you should see a "+" sign in the upper right. 
  • Tap on the "+" to open the list of exercise shortcuts. Tap on the box next to the exercise that you want to add to your Charge 5.
  • When you're done adding, tap on "Add to Charge 5" 
  • To rearrange the shortcuts, tap & hold the 3 bars then move up or down until they are in the order that you want to see them on your Charge 5
• Tap on the arrow in the upper left to return to the Charge 5 page
• Tap on Sync Now. This will update the Exercise shortcuts on your Charge 5

Now, when you swipe left from the clock face to the Exercise tile, you should see the shortcuts in the order you selected. 

When you're ready to start house cleaning, swipe to the Exercise tile and tap on Workout (it's the first one on my Charge 5 since I use it often), then tap Start. When you're done, tap to wake your Charge 5 (if needed), then tap on Finish. 

Let us know if you have additional questions.