walking with a buggy (stroller) is not tracked as exercise

[SanJHin68]

I walk a lot with my grandson in his buggy.  I track my exercise days but walking with a buggy is not being recorded as exercise.  Steps are being recorded but not the exercise. Can anyone help?

[Talahthas · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Fitbit community, @SanJHin68!
To have your Charge 5 recognize your steps and tracking those appropriately, the arm you're wearing your device an has to move in certain patterns. So in order to let your device track your steps you could try to push your grandson's buggy with the other hand, being carefully of course to always have control over it.

[Fittybitty421]

I find that my steps are not counted accurately at all when I'm pushing a stroller or grocery cart. So I started putting my fitbit in my pocket when doing these activities. I'm not sure if they are counted as exercise, though, since there will not be a corresponding HR. 

[RiekoC]

Hello @SanJHin68 

If you are relying on the auto-recognize feature to start the exercise session, the default time is 15+ minutes of continuous movement before your Fitbit starts tracking. You can reduce the time to 10+ minutes or you manually start & stop tracking your walk as an exercise. 

To decrease the default time for auto-recognize:

• From the Today page in the Fitbit app, tap on your picture/icon (Android) or gear icon (iOS) in the upper right.
• Select Fitbit settings
• Select Activity & Wellness
• Select Exercise
• On the Exercise page, you will see the current 7 auto-recognize activities with 15+ minutes default time. Tap the ones where you want to change the time. 10+ minutes is the minimum. You can also select Ignore for any activity that you wouldn't use
• BTW, you can also set your stride length and Weekly Exercise Goal on this page
• Once you've completed your changes, tap the arrow in the upper left to return to the Today page
• Although I don't think it's necessary, you can do a manual sync to update the Exercise settings in your device

[glassylady]

I had the same issue with my treadmill. It was tracking my steps because I hold on. Put the tracker in your pocket or clipped to your waist and you will get your steps