Logged Yoga not active minutes?

[CourtB]

Anyone else noticing bikram yoga activity not recording as active minutes?
I know the fitbit doesn't record yoga moments correctly for calorie burn so I log the activity for 60 minutes. I get credit for the calories burned but it does not record as a 'Active minutes'
I take several other fitness classes and manually log them and it records their duration as active minutes. Any ideas why a logged yoga selection won't?

[LZeeW · Accepted solution]

The calorie burn for bikram yoga is just under the threshold for an active minute.

From my activity graph on the log page, where each bar is 5 minutes --

My BMR is 4.5 cal/5 min.

I need 26.4 cal/5 min to get an active minute.

I logged an hour of bikram yoga to see the calorie burn and it came out 26.2 cal/5 min.

I would include a screen shot, but I have to get ready for work.

[CourtB]

That would explain it!! Thx!!!

[ceedee12]

I have done a "slow flow" vinyasa flow yoga class/power class/hot yoga (moksha) and there was only one time where it measured the calories expended accurately.  Usually the calories burned shows the same as when i sit at my desk for an hour - which i highly doubt.  I don't sweat sitting at my desk! Suggestions?

[Heybales]

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@ceedee12 wrote:

I have done a "slow flow" vinyasa flow yoga class/power class/hot yoga (moksha) and there was only one time where it measured the calories expended accurately.  Usually the calories burned shows the same as when i sit at my desk for an hour - which i highly doubt.  I don't sweat sitting at my desk! Suggestions?

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Sweat is not a reliably indicator of effort.

Neither is elevated HR from being hot and body is trying to cool down.

It wasn't an accurate calorie burn estimate at any time.

All non-step time, like sitting at desk, is given sleeping level calorie burn, called BMR.

And the few times it saw "steps" wasn't right either.

Manually log it - and accept the fact it isn't intense enough to earn Very or Active Minutes.

Some exercise is beneficial even if it doesn't earn "steps" or Active minutes. Keep it up.

[andyswarbs]

Have you ever done bikram yoga?

[LZeeW]

Hello @andyswarbs and welcome to the Community.  This thread is over nine years old.  I don’t think you will get a response from any of the people who posted in it.