Auto detect yoga on charge 2?

[Hedgert]

I have changed my settings to allow me to manually choose yoga from the exercise menu.  But is it possible to get the charge 2 to auto detect when I am doing yoga?

[LZeeW]

Hello @Hedgert and welcome to the forums.  Yoga is not one of the exercises that is auto-recognized, a feature that Fitbit calls SmartTrack.  The auto recognized exercises are walk, run, outdoor bike, elliptical, sports, aerobic workout, and swim (on waterproof devices -- your Charge 2 is not).

Using yoga on the exercise app is the best way to track your yoga workouts.  It will give you the most detailed results.

[AlvaroFitbit]

@Hedgert Welcome! It's great to see you around! Thank you for your inquiry. As @LZeeW explained Yoga isn't auto-detected by your Charge 2. Your tracker detects activities based on the motion on your arm. For example when using the elliptical machine make sure you have the moving bars so your tracker detects the motion and record the activity itself, once an Elliptical activity is saved on your account it should show on the Recent Exercise area. If your heart rate is high but there isn't much motion (yoga, weight lifting, etc.) then these activities will be difficult to be detected by your tracker. Still you can manually log your activity so you have a record on your account or use the activity mode on the device itself.

Let me know how it goes!

[Hedgert]

Thank you for the clea response.
Given what you’ve said, what does the manual selection of yoga as an exercise type in the tracker before doing yoga actually achieve?

[AlvaroFitbit]

@Hedgert  thank you for your reply. Using the activity mode will help have a better caloric burn calculation when saving the activity on your account. This will also help having the session saved so you can check it out at a later date so you can see your performance during this period.

Keep me posted!