Does the Inspire HR record inline skating as a activity?

[Sonea_]

Hi,
My friend and I are considing it to buy inline skates but i'm wondering if my fitbit will reconize it.

Does anyone have some experience with it? 

It's not important in the app can correctly name it like walking or running, but I'm curious if it will be added under sports or aerobics with a stepcount. If it's tracked at all.

[Heybales]

You aren't going to get many step counts in skating. That would be worse than cycling probably.

But please don't let step counts have a bearing on doing what could be a better, funner, actually done activity.

But if you start an Activity Record (call it Other and rename it Inline Skating later for review purposes) instead of relying on auto-detection (which isn't likely to happen anyway) - you'll get calorie burn based on HR-based formula.

If you make it a workout for you, that'll be the best estimate you'll get for calories.

If it's coasting down a hill the whole time - not a good estimate.

[Sonea_]

So, if I record it as a general workout then It will work? 

Thanks for answering! (^_^)

[Heybales]

Depends on what you mean by "it will work".

When you start a workout - Fitbit will turn on HR recording per second, and it will log perceived steps and distance (as inaccurate as that may be for what is being done), and it will show all the normal stats for that chunk of time.

That's all a workout does - called an Activity Record.

Merely a snapshot of your stats for a chunk of time stated in the record. The time will be correct, HR likely could be (depending if it reads your HR accurately) - that's about it.

Steps could be wildly off as it would be in this movement, which means distance will be off too. Neither of which matters really.

Calorie burn based on HR at the lower end of aerobic range (it could be for skating) will be inflated from reality, if a good workout with HR higher it might be decent estimate of calories.

Again - you can create a workout for any chunk of time with an Activity Record, even sleeping. That works.

What data is useful depends on what you are doing for that chunk of time.

Shoot - you can manually create an Activity Record for anything yesterday, right now - just enter start and duration or stop times, call it whatever you want, and see the data.

[Sonea_]

So, to put it simple, If I record it as a cycling workout, and rename it, I will have enough? 

Or I record when I start and when I'm done and add it later while using the app?

[Heybales]

The way you put your question means you may still not be understanding. The Or question doesn't make sense with what occurs.

I'd rather you'd understand your device. You know, the whole "give a person a fish...."

Yes to your first question.

Start a workout on your watch when you start skating, selected whatever name you want to use or is available - Fitbit will be creating an Activity Record when you finish and say Stop.

You can rename that record title to whatever is useful to you later if desired.

There is no need to add it later, you already have a record.

If you forget to start a workout but noted the time started and ended - you can manually create the same type of Activity Record later.

Of course it won't have a calorie burn based on HR when you do that.

Please, test it on a chunk of time from yesterday - you can delete it. It's not adding anything, it's allowing you to view the stats only for that chunk of time. The info Fitbit is always recording whether you started a workout or not.

Just keep this info in mind to know your device - you'll be good in a month when doing something else new instead of the skates, and will know what to do.

[Sonea_]

Thank you for explaining, English isn't my first language. But i understand it now 🙂