12-28-2016
10:46
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09-09-2020
10:13
by
MatthewFitbit
12-28-2016
10:46
- last edited on
09-09-2020
10:13
by
MatthewFitbit
I have no idea how to get the charge 2 to track this activity properly. The HR monitor counted 26 minutes of cardio + 14 minutes of fatburn, that's correct(at least it matched the HR numbers from my chest band). Somehow this counts as 0 active minutes and only 184 calories burned. A simple calculation puts the calories burned using the avg heartrate closer to 600 calories.
I saw a few older posts concerning this but none of them seemed to have an answer. Is there a way to get the fitbit to calculate the calorie burn from this activity properly? Is there a way to enter the calorie burn manually for an excercise?
I got the fitbit with the goal of consolidating multiple apps and a logbook on the side into one app/peripheral. If it can't calculate cycling I'm going to cry.
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09-25-2019 16:23
09-26-2019 03:29
09-26-2019 03:29
09-26-2019 10:18
09-26-2019 10:18
Its off my arm with no heart rate.
Yes with the tracker on your wrist the arm is gliding down the road. Your tracker is looking do changes in speed and direction. There while holding onto the handlebars the tracker at best will count some bumps in the road as steps.
Sorry @906JKal. if i as a Fitbit user, who donates his time, did not respond soon enough for your likening. It might have something to do with a 12 hour overnight work shift
I am not being paid to post on the board and i have bills to pay.
09-26-2019 17:04
09-26-2019 17:04
Experiment number two —. I’m on my stationary bike right now I’ve been riding for about 15 minutes I’m kind of out of breath and my Fitbit says that my heart rate is 62 bpm. I measured with a stopwatch by holding my hand on my heart and found that my heart rate is actually between 120 and 130 bpm. Now I sit up on my bike and begin moving my arms like I am running, tricking my Fitbit into thinking that I am running, and suddenly my heart rate goes up to about 110! Again, this Fitbit is not measuring my heart rate it’s using an algorithm to estimate it.
09-26-2019 18:18
09-26-2019 18:18
I have to say that my FB has never operated in that manner, and everyone I know who has one has a very different experience from you. Your description just doesn't match up with anyone else's experience that I know. This is not by way of any judgment or criticism. Perhaps you have a defective unit. Or maybe the FB just doesn't work well for you.
09-27-2019 04:30
09-27-2019 04:30
06-04-2020 16:52
06-04-2020 16:52
Thank putting on ankle worked great
09-24-2020 16:57
09-24-2020 16:57
Why not take it off the wrist and putting it inside a sock. I do this and it tracks HR and “steps”.
09-25-2020 13:48
09-25-2020 13:48
09-26-2020 12:15
09-26-2020 12:15
Those are not steps it is counting?
Many would call you cheating since they do not want to see any step increase while on a bike.
09-26-2020 19:20
09-26-2020 19:20
Huh? Cheating who? Don't really understand this post. It seems to me that if one's goal is to use step-count as a proxy for tracking meaningful exertion through physical activity, it would be logical to treat treadmills, ellipticals and spin bikes the same. All three involve real physical exertion, yet none involves moving through space. Yet consider that running on a treadmill is counted as steps by FB; exercising on an elliptical is sometimes counted by FB and sometimes not, depending on the machine (it seems erratic); riding on a spin bike is not counted unless one attaches the FB to one's feet or legs rather than wrist. These differences in measurement don't make any logical sense. The FB is just a tool, and the step tally is just a somewhat arbitrary measure of activity. Making that measure somewhat more consistent seems like a sensible thing to do.
09-27-2020 07:01
09-27-2020 07:01
09-29-2020 23:27
09-29-2020 23:27
While on a treadmill the user is actually walking and if not holding on to the rails, which lowers the calorie burn by as much as 40%, steps will be counted.
On elliptical depending on if the arms are moving, steps may be counted. You tracker never looks to see what the legs are doing.