How can I get credit in steps while biking or spinning?

[Wrenchwoman]

Is it possible to get steps credit for either outside biking or spinning. When outside charge 5 maps my ride and records stats fine but no credit in steps. Manual log when spinning inside still no credit in steps

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[JohnnyRow]

Biking is not a step-based activity.  If you are on a bumpy road, you might get some steps, just from the vibrations transmitted to your wrist.  Some people who like to think of everything in terms of steps would like to be able to translate all activities to step counts.  That is not currently possible, but you can probably find other who have made such a suggestion and vote for it here:

Features Suggestions Board .

[Wrenchwoman]

Yes indeed but my previous fit bit use to do some type of conversion and
credit my steps. Daughter has an inspire 3 and logs in her spin class to get
steps. I tried that this morning on my indoor bike trainer and it credited me
active minutes and an exercise session but no conversion to steps.
Beginning to think this is just a Charge 5 issue

[JohnnyRow]

I';m going to disagree and say that no Fitbit converts biking to steps.  For your daughter's spin class, I would check with her what her arm/wrist is doing.  If she swings her arm while spinning, that will register steps, or if it is a "bike" that has handles that move like an elliptical, that will register as steps.  Steps are registered from arm/wrist movements, whether you are on a bike, a treadmill, or sitting still or knitting on a chair.

If you are playing the drums energetically and end up with a bunch of steps, that's not because Fitbit converted your drum playing effort into steps for you.  It's because your fitbit arm and wrist were moving with a motion that looked to fitbit like the motion that it would expect of walking.  Fitbit doesn't really detect steps; it detects movement of your arms and wrists typical of the swinging of your arms when walking.