Fitbit and Martial Arts

[HybridHayley]

How does it work?

I had my first Jiu Jitsu lesson yesterday, it was so much fun but I couldnt wear my Fitbit for health and safety reasons. After a warm up for 10 minutes doing some light jogging and some other bits it was then down to business. 2 hours later I came out with quite a bit of knowledge and a bit sore 😄 All good fun!

I decided to manually log it in the app under "martial arts" for 2 hours.

This came out at burning 943cals and 8 cals/min with an avg bpm at 80 due to be taking the fitbit off just after 7:30.

Is seems like an awkward way to log in and that about of calories doesnt seem right as for the most part we were practicing lock techniques, rolling and footwork.

Is there a better way?

[AndrewFitbit]

@HybridHayley I would probably create a custom activity for that instead of logging it under "Martial Arts", but either way you can specify the calorie burn on the activity to be more accurate.

[Cushman68]

I practice a variety of MMA so I know what you mean about not much foot movement. The focus and body strength alone is a workout even without the steps! LOL!  I used to use My Fitness Pal and woud record the activity there as their "Judo, karate, kickboxing" activity. It would give me roughly 240-250 calories burned for about 20 minutes or so which seems about right for my height and weight. I have the Fitbit with HRM so my numbers are pretty accurate.