Add customized HR

[liloi]

Guys, do you want me to explain how important the karvonen Formula can be for fitbit users???

I have to be able to set my own max HR and my working zone..

Otherwise, your product are no different from goodies and you will end like goodies sigh...

I' m pretty sure thousands will be agree with me..

At least, in the next firmware release, allow me to add customized HR (3 working zone) without modifying my age!!!

Moderator edit: Updated subject for clarity 

[WavyDavey]

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@liloiwrote:

Guys, do you want me to explain how important the karvonen Formula can be for fitbit users???

I have to be able to set my own max HR and my working zone..

Otherwise, your product are no different from goodies and you will end like goodies sigh...

I' m pretty sure thousands will be agree with me..

At least, in the next firmware release, allow me to add customized HR (3 working zone) without modifying my age!!!

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Hi @liloi,

You can already set a max HR and custom zone.

[liloi]

I know that, what I am asking is to set up AT LEAST 3 working zone (5 would be perfect) according to the Karvonen formula. 

FITBIT is trying to step in the 21th century with a dinosaur HR formula 😞

[WavyDavey]

Ah, I see.  I know the Polar tracking has five zones to it. Fitbit places a premium on simplicity, so the 3 zones may be more for ease than anything. Fat burn, cardio and peak are pretty easy concepts to get.

I would recommend putting it as a formal request here:

Feature Suggestions

[liloi]

Hi, i guess I need to be more precise so,

I need to set up AT LEAST three (3) customs zone and more important I need these custom zone to be implemented with the daily statistics, like that I will be able to follow my progress day by day with relevant information.

What FITBIT allows today is to set up ONLY one (1) custom zone and that one is not even implemented within the statistics. OK, I understand that the weather cast app and the shop app are somehow useful for some of us but I 'm also scared how dev can be that stubborn, fitbit has good product so please instead of creating a brand new firmware can you create a kind of new app where we can find the 5 customs zone, training program based on personal HR and so on.

Thanks for you effort 😉

[DavidRoyo]

This is absolutely driving me crazy.

Fitbit won't allow me to change the HR zones so it will consider the same HR zones for a 33yo athlete and a 34yo obese. It's **ahem**ing nuts.

Due to this disregard of the fitness level, the energy expenditure is brutally wrong.

No, I didn't burn 4000 Kcal yesterday, I'm just fat and walked a little bit!!

I constantly keep getting ridiculous calorie adjustments in myfitnesspal. Like 1000Kcal expent over TDEE because I walked 10k steps, or like 2000 extra calories if I go to the gym.

Seriously wtf???? I have an approximate TDEE of 2500Kcal including those 10K steps!!! I continuously get 3500-4000Kcal readings from Fitbit and there's absolutely zero justification for it.

Of course the justification is Fitbit prioritizes gamification and sense of achievement over accuracy.

Brutally dissapointed.