What Fitbit Counts as "activity minutes"

[writergal28]

Why does it have to be continuous moderate activity?  I was at a barre class yesterday, not one taught by my usual instructor.  Her class was very slow, yet still uses weights.  It was a workout, but it didn't register AT ALL.  I don't really understand how that doesn't count as "activity" if one "feels" it.  I'm guessing reformer classes don't necessarily count either (the last time I went to a reformer class was BEFORE I had a FItbit). 

[JohnnyRow]

See What are active minutes?

It is actually based on a CDC recommendation for a certain amount of exercise, but said it could be broken down on as little as ten minute segments.  I think Fitbit actually changed their categorization to fit the official CDC recommendation.

(Although actually they might have just changed their recommendations to eliminate the 10 minute limit but I don't expect Fitbit to change for that again.)

[Heather-S]

Did you track it on your Fitbit device or try adding it manually through the app?

[writergal28]

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@Heather-S wrote:

Did you track it on your Fitbit device or try adding it manually through the app?

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I'm 99% sure calorie count changes when you add things manually.  At least I'm 99% it did when I added HIIT last week - even though I'm fairly sure I didn't burn as much as the app said I did.  The class I went to was definitely NOT the kind of barre class I'm used to.  It felt like practically NOTHING. 😞 

[Colinm39]

@writergal28What Fitbit do you use ? and if possible select the Workout exercise option for any obtuse activities.. It works and is accurate using your HR...

You can enter these obtuse activities into your Custom Activities and then rename the Workout.

When you manually add an exercise Fitbit uses table type data, hence the exaggerated Calorie effort..using your physical settings as a basis and the the type of activity intensity,.

Fitbit also uses the minimum calorie burn for a 10 minute continuous activity and it must be a minimum of 3 times your sleeping/resting BMR to achieve active minutes.

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@writergal28 wrote:

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@Heather-S wrote:

Did you track it on your Fitbit device or try adding it manually through the app?

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I'm 99% sure calorie count changes when you add things manually.  At least I'm 99% it did when I added HIIT last week - even though I'm fairly sure I didn't burn as much as the app said I did.  The class I went to was definitely NOT the kind of barre class I'm used to.  It felt like practically NOTHING. 😞 

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[JohnnyRow]

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@writergal28 wrote:

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@Heather-S wrote:

Did you track it on your Fitbit device or try adding it manually through the app?

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I'm 99% sure calorie count changes when you add things manually.  At least I'm 99% it did when I added HIIT last week - even though I'm fairly sure I didn't burn as much as the app said I did.  The class I went to was definitely NOT the kind of barre class I'm used to.  It felt like practically NOTHING. 😞 

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But you didn't answer @Heather-S's question.

[Colinm39]

Because @writergal28 is posting in the Charge3 Forum with some issues we must presume a Charge3 is involved here.

[writergal28]

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@JohnnyRow wrote:

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@writergal28 wrote:

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@Heather-S wrote:

Did you track it on your Fitbit device or try adding it manually through the app?

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I'm 99% sure calorie count changes when you add things manually.  At least I'm 99% it did when I added HIIT last week - even though I'm fairly sure I didn't burn as much as the app said I did.  The class I went to was definitely NOT the kind of barre class I'm used to.  It felt like practically NOTHING. 😞 

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But you didn't answer @Heather-S's question.

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I'm sorry?  Barre isn't automatically tracked on a device, you have to manually add it in each time, don't you?  And even if it WAS tracked, my Charge3 would not have recognized it as barre because it was NOT like ANY barre class I've EVER been to.  It was more like Essentrics, but with hand weights.  

[Heather-S]

@writergal28 You can manually track it on your Charge 3 during the activity.  I would have started an exercise called "workout" at the start of the class.  Even if it was really low intensity, I would still track any sort of exercise classes.  A basic yoga class is often low intensity and probably won't be auto recognized by the Fitbit device, but you can still start a "yoga" exercise on your device.

Then, at the end of the Barre class, I would go into my exercise list and then rename "Workout" to "Barre".  

[ERDocsMom]

I changed from a Charge 2 to a Charge 3.  I was averaging 300 + active minutes a week with the 2 and now some days I have none and at the most 40 minutes.  If I were less active it would make sense but I'm taking an exercise class three times a week now and wasn't before so the active minutes should be more.  I'm not sure how to get it to register!