the gym and the fitbit one

[fitandfifty]

hello im not sure if i posted this in the correct place. anywho. when i go to the gym i do light weights on the seat leg press, seated leg curls and a couple of other weight machines that i need to remember the names of. my question is do i add this to the activities or does the fitbit one count it as steps.

[LZeeW · Accepted solution]

You should log this manually.  There are two "weight lifting" options, based on effort.  Your Fitbit can't sense the effort in this activity.  It will count the steps as you walk from machine to machine and that's it.

[Colinm39 · Accepted solution]

@fitandfiftyAfter you have logged the weight lifting via the Manual activity you will have your calories and if you wish to collect steps for the effort as well you can log walking, click on the drop down box for steps and then enter the equivalent steps/minute for this table of non-step activities to steps.  THese steps will not go towards badges and achievements but will appear in your Group and dashboard totals.

Link to step conversion table.

When editing activities you need to be careful because Fitbit can default to today's date and ALWAYS defaults to am even when you have pm in the data.

[fitandfifty]

thank you for your help

[ADN143]

Hi all,

I didnt understand how to FitBit-log my gym activities (weight lifting

tried but couldnt...any clue?

Thanks

Adn143

[PetiteOne]

Thank you. I was curious about this myself

[MaginB]

Hey there @ADN143! To log an activity you have to access to your Dashboard and then in the Activity tile that is at the top of the screen click and select activities. You can also access with this link, at the bottom of the screen you will find a box and a search bar where you can find an activity named "weights" you can set the: date, start time, duration and calories. 

Hope this helps!