Option to track weight moved

[amymurray122]

Would it be possible to get an option to track weight moved when tracking strength training? My heart is "incredibly efficient" when I'm working out (especially compared to when I'm resting...but that's a whole other can of worms), so my heart rate doesn't elevate in a "typical" way when I'm doing strength training, despite moving "significant weight". Because my heart rate isn't going up, my calorie burn is being underestimated by probably quite a bit. To quote the AI coach: "Your body is incredibly efficient at moving significant weight without the "typical" cardiovascular strain. This is remarkable but makes standard metrics less applicable." (This has nothing to do with the Public Preview - this is a general idea for Fitbit in general)

This could be countered, or at least balanced out a bit, by adding an option to include "Total weight moved" to strength training. It's not perfect, sure, but it would present a more accurate trend for others like me, whose heart rate doesn't react normally to the strain of lifting.

[KatherineNY]

@amymurray122 That does sound like it would be helpful.  Maybe you can suggest it as a feature under the Product Feedback page.

[LZeeW]

@amymurray122   I moved your post to the Public preview forum because you describe the new AI Coach feedback.  This feature just became available to iOS users.  Weight training is an important part of my goals.  As a new user, I don't understand your title.  Can you share more details, please?  What was removed?  This might help us all give feedback on Coach.

[amymurray122]

@LZeeW This has nothing to do with the AI coach. I just quoted it, as I was using it at that time. This had everything to do with the option to add weight moved. It's not a suggestion for new version. When I was using this, I was moving literally tons of weight (in the workout that triggered this request, I moved roughly 9.5 tons total), but my HR didn't go above 130, so that's what triggered the thought of adding "weight moved" to workouts. This option would apply to the non-AI version as well, so it was put in the right place originally. I edited the post to indicate that this was a suggestion overall, not specifically in the AI version.

[LZeeW]

@amymurray122   I moved your post back to its original forum, based on your update.