How do you set the weight lifting reps and sets?

[tony420121]

How do you set the weight lifting reps and sets?

[WavyDavey]

@tony420121, Fitbit doesn't track weights, sets or reps. Sorry.

[Julia_G · Accepted solution]

Hi, @tony420121, that is not something you can set on the Ionic.  You can track your weight lifting as a "workout" or you can track individual sets as multiple workouts.

[WavyDavey]

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@Julia_G wrote:

Hi, @tony420121, that is not something you can set on the Ionic.  You can track your weight lifting as a "workout" or you can track individual sets as multiple workouts.

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That's an interesting idea @Julia_G. I hadn't thought of tracking sets as separate workouts.

[bbarrera]

why bother? All you get from Ionic is HR graph (hit or miss accuracy while lifting), and an estimate of calorie burn. 

Unlike a walk or run, the work effort you are doing - weight/reps/sets - isn't being tracked. Just a calorie burn. So why bother tracking each set as its own workout?

[WavyDavey]

It's no bother, at least for me. It would be useful to compare the HRR of each set as well as compare HR between top sets and drop sets. It's also useful because it's not always clear from looking at the HR chart where the sets begin and end. 

[bbarrera]

hard to see the value considering barbells and dumbbells generate a lot of inaccuracy with optical HRM on the wrist (due to wrist tension/flexing). If you can't clearly see spiking HR from each set, I'd say the Ionic is struggling to accurately record HR. I suggest comparing optical HRM to a chest strap, without doing anything special like Fitbit suggests. Just do a free weights routine as if you didn't have the Ionic on your wrist, and compare to a chest strap. I've done that a bunch (Surge/Blaze/AppleWatch) and all the optical HRMs are terrible at tracking HR.

[bbarrera]

@WavyDavey For all those reasons I think it’s easier to just track the entire workout. But hey if you track sets as separate workouts, and discover something of practical value (against chest strap standard), let us know!

[WavyDavey]

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@bbarrera wrote:

@WavyDavey For all those reasons I think it’s easier to just track the entire workout. But hey if you track sets as separate workouts, and discover something of practical value (against chest strap standard), let us know!

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Will do. It's a bit pointless to compare a wrist-based optical HR monitor with a chest strap. We both know that the strap is more accurate. Maybe you can help me with that. Whenever I wear a chest strap in the gym, it invariably comes undone during cleans/snatches. It seems those movements are too explosive for the chest strap to remain in place. With a fitbit, at least I can adjust the band easily. With a chest strap, I'm pretty much taking off my shirt to fix it.

[bbarrera]

Try a Scosche Rhythm+ arm band, or simply don’t bother tracking HR.