How do you handle tracking weight training?

[Edgario]

A mix of cardio and lifting weights 3x-4x a week is how I try to stay fit. When using the weight settings, is it recommened to stop the tracker when resting between sets and changing weights or should I leave the whole excercise tracker running the entire time until my cooldown? Not sure since itsd the only activity that has downtime and I feel as if it may over-count calorie burn due to the periods of resting non-activity between sets. What is recommended/intended for this setting?

[fyerocious]

Hi Edgario,

It's nice to finally know another Fitbitter with a similar workout routine.

I would just let the exercise mode continue until I'm done with my weights session. In my case, I'm particularly interested in what data I get from that whole session. This allows me to gauge how intense my workout was.

Let's say it's leg day and I burned 250 calories from a 1-hour session. In my next leg day, after changing some variables like increasing the weight, I would like to see how much calories are burned within the same interval (1-hour). Or maybe I shorten my rest time between sets and see how much that affects my stats.

Just my 2 cents. Hope that helps.

[Picotrane]

Hi guys, I agree with fyerocious. Just before I start, I start the exercise tracker and after my warm down I turn it off. I have the Charge HR so it is of interest what my heart rate is doing from start to finish. I certainly was surprised with how many steps i do while doing weights. Moving about, warming up and down really surprised me not to mention moving my arms would also add to the steps etc. If I finish in an hour I consider that I have exercised for 1 hr and this will easily be the most my heart rate goes up during the day so I personally think you would record that data for the whole hour?.