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Rowing tracking Charge 5

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‎09-17-2021 05:33 - last edited on ‎09-17-2021 08:03 by Moderator Alum

‎09-17-2021 05:33 - last edited on ‎09-17-2021 08:03 by Moderator Alum

Will the Charge5 track my on water and stationary ERG rowing?

 

 


Moderator edit: subject updated for clarity

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‎09-17-2021 08:08

‎09-17-2021 08:08

Hi, welcome to the Community forums, @MTM145.   

 

Thank you for sharing this inquiry about the Charge 5. 

 

Unfortunately this workout hasn't been added yet to the list exercises that can be tracked with the exercise app or tracked automatically. I recommend that you vote for this idea (Rowing/Stationary Rowing Machine Exercise Shortcut) posted in the Feature Suggestion board of the Community, since this section is regularly monitored by the team of developers and it helps them to continue to track popularity and demand over time. 

 

Have a great day. 

Davide | Italian and English Community Moderator, Fitbit


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‎11-24-2021 15:10

In response to DavideFitbit

‎11-24-2021 15:10

With over 2500 votes and being originally posted in 2015, I would hope Fitbit would have this request as "Under Consideration" at least by now...

 

As rowing has not been integrated at an exercise, what would be the recommended exercise to "track' that would reflect the amount of activity/calories burned while rowing?  Biking, maybe?

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‎11-24-2021 16:21 - edited ‎11-24-2021 16:24

In response to sweetchickens

‎11-24-2021 16:21 - edited ‎11-24-2021 16:24

That's probably what I would do, biking (spinning), since it's like a two-footed pedal stroke, haha. On my old Garmin, I'd just select a generic "Cardio" exercise and re-classify it later. 

 

Mind-boggling that rowing isn't an option. It's even more absurd not to have that than not having dark mode in the app in 2021, but here we are.

 

@DavideFitbit I have to wonder how many people don't vote on these locked "Not Currently Planned" suggestions. Sure is difficult to believe anyone is going to do anything about it. Have there ever been any suggestions that were implemented after being "Not Currently Planned" and the suggestion thread locked for comments?

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‎11-25-2021 02:06 - edited ‎11-25-2021 02:07

‎11-25-2021 02:06 - edited ‎11-25-2021 02:07

Hello @MTM145 and @sweetchickens 

 

I know this isn't the solution you want, but is a kind of workaround... there are Exercise Shortcuts for 'Workout' and 'Outdoor Workout' that you can load onto your Charge 5 to be able to press Start and Stop at the beginning and end.  That could help you separate the 2 when you're choosing which one to track.

When you've finished, you can select your exercise session on the App, then Categorize Exercise.  In the search list are both Rowing, and Rowing Machine.  They would at least have the right labels in your App so you could compare sessions over time etc.

 

As I said, I know it's not the solution, but it's perhaps the best workaround until Fitbits are given the ability to track rowing exercises directly.

 

A lot of my studio programs are not given as shortcuts but the Charge 5 automatically picks up that I'm doing Cardio of some description.  I go in afterwards and adjust the times slightly and then change the names to the classes I took.  

 

I hope that helps a bit.

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‎11-25-2021 11:44

In response to Wibby

‎11-25-2021 11:44

This is very helpful, thank you!

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‎12-01-2021 07:32

In response to sweetchickens

‎12-01-2021 07:32

Thank you for sharing your feedback about this exercise shortcut, @sweetchickens @mikey_pdx. 

 

The team of developers is constantly reviewing these suggestions and many of them have been implemented over the years. Voting for these ideas is helpful for them to determine which features are the most popular amongst users. Unfortunately not all of them can be implemented as fast as we'd like, but as I mentioned earlier, thy team is constantly looking for the most popular suggestions for possible implementation in the future. 

 

Thank you again for sharing your feedback. 

 

Have a  great day. 

Davide | Italian and English Community Moderator, Fitbit


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‎01-07-2022 06:20

In response to DavideFitbit

‎01-07-2022 06:20

Dear moderator...it would be more helpful if you would make a suggestion on how the OP and others could devise a workaround..  Other people have, but your insight would be highly valued.

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‎02-13-2022 10:18

In response to DavideFitbit

‎02-13-2022 10:18

I appreciate that implementing new solutions takes time, but some indication of timescales to even to have suggestions under review would be beneficial.

At the time of buying I didn’t realise rowing was so badly supported by Fitbit, and in hindsight would have probably bought different devices for rowers in the family. Now, now at the point of looking for a replacement for one of our Fitbit’s I’m now considering looking at other brands (although more expensive) that do actually cater for rowing. 

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