Measuring exercises like squats/lunges

[TBack20]

I've got a Charge HR, and I've been trying to do a quick set of 10-15 squats or lunges every time I go to the bathroom (I've been hitting my water goal, so I'm in there probably 5 or 6 times a day or so).  This isn't being picked up by my "active time" thing on the dashboard, but is it being logged (for calories burned I guess) by the heart rate monitor?  I'm guessing my heart rate goes up some and that measures it, right?

Or, should I be manually entering the squats into my activity somehow on the dashboard?  Thanks in advance!

[JohnRi]

Unless you have changed it, your fitbit only autodetects active minutes if you are active for 10 minutes in a row.  2-3 minutes of squats are not going to be picked up as active minutes.  My wife had a similar issue, but somehow she had changed it to 90 minutes, so she never had any active minutes!  You can't set it any lower than 10. 

I suppose you could log it as exercise manually if you want to.

[TBack20]

In that case, I would have to figure out how many calories I burn for every 10-15 squats somehow, right?  Any thoughts on how to calculate that?

[Mukluk4]

I tend to just ignore those minor exercises.  Both your caloric intake and output are close approximations and not accurate to the level that many on this boards seem to assume.  As long as the overall Outs > Ins, I tend not to sweat the details.

[Dominique · Accepted solution]

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@TBack20 wrote:

In that case, I would have to figure out how many calories I burn for every 10-15 squats somehow, right?  Any thoughts on how to calculate that?

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Check the Compendium of Physical Activities referenced in this post. In it, you will find this activity:

Multiply the given METs (5.0) by your BMR/minute and by the duration of your exercise. For instance, if your BMR is 1700, your BMR per minute is 1700/1440 = 1.18. Ten minutes of such exercise would burn: 5.0 x 1.18  x 10 = 59 calories.

[TBack20]

Ok, this is all new terms to me.  I used a calculator online and it says my BMR is 2000.74, so in your example, I see that my 2000 would replace your 1700.  Where does your "1440" come from?  Is that a standard base measurement or something?  Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm trying to learn.

[JohnRi]

1440 is the number of minutes in a day. 

[TBack20]

Fair enough, lol.  Thank you!