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Got ionic, help me understand the 7 exersize shortcuts please?

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‎10-07-2017 18:21

‎10-07-2017 18:21

I was a longtime surge user,  and as some of you know the surge had it's own independent run option which housed,  free run,  treadmill,  ETC...   Also,  the surge would then give you 7 exercise shortcuts besides the run options...   I'm really struggling to figure out what to do with my ionic?  I use more than 7 easily within a couple of days because I change up my routine...   Is there anything I can do,   am I really only stuck with 7 now?   The surge gave me more exercise shortcuts overall,  I see this as a major letdown,  anyone care to comment?

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‎10-07-2017 20:58

‎10-07-2017 20:58

The surge did not  give more options

 

They both have 7 exercise options.

 

I use workout a lot and then go in and rename it

 

Manual is here


https://help.fitbit.com/?p=ionic Its at the top of the page

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‎10-07-2017 21:08

‎10-07-2017 21:08

@johneric8If you go into your Settings, Ionic on your PC you will see this as per image below, and you edit your exercise shortcuts..

 

You have a maximum of seven and I have noticed if you tick some and save, then edit again and untick etc you can reorder the sequence the shortcuts shown in your Exercise Icon on the Ionic watch.  I have the most common at the front.

 

Ionic exercise shortcuts.jpg

Colin:Victoria, Australia
Ionic (OS 4.2.1, 27.72.1.15), Android App 3.45.1, Premium, Phone Sony Xperia XA2, Android 9.0
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‎10-08-2017 08:32

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‎10-08-2017 08:32

I'm not trying to be difficult but you guys are flat out wrong and I will explain why.  If you  scroll over on a surge you will see an option that says run with the big shoe.   Inside of this screen you also have options for treadmill,  free run,  lap run...   Now,  if you look for exercise tab, the one with the figure,  you will see that you can house 7 exercises under this tab.   So,  what I was trying to convey previously was that I was able to have more options with the surge.   In fact,   I could get 8 exercise modes.   Under exercise I could get,  1. spinning  2.  stairclimber    3.weights    4.  workout   5. elliptical  6. walk  7. Run.     (Now,  if you add the treadmill option that was housed under run in the separate run (shoe) category that gave me 8 total.     So basically as it sits now,  I can't get all of those listed on my ionic...    So as an example,  on the ionic,  if I wan to ensure the run option is under exercises I will have to leave out treadmill,  but on the surge I could have all my options if that makes sense?    Even though treadmill was housed under Run on the surge it still counted as a usable option which totaled 8 that I could choose from at the gym. 

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