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Drumming will count steps?

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‎01-17-2019 10:59 - last edited on ‎11-17-2020 13:05 by Fitbit Moderator

‎01-17-2019 10:59 - last edited on ‎11-17-2020 13:05 by Fitbit Moderator

Hello,

 

There must be fellow drummers out there?  My heart rate is 95+ when I'm playing, but I don't want my steps counted! Come on Fitbit, do something about it.  Music is a great stress reliever and can be exercise!

 

 

Moderator edit: subject for clarity

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‎01-17-2019 11:16

‎01-17-2019 11:16

Welcome to the forums!

 

I would not wear it if you dont want the added steps

 

Hope to see you around!

 

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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‎01-18-2019 06:03

‎01-18-2019 06:03

A warm welcome to the Community @justjulie042 and @WendyB thanks for the input.

 

I agree with our friend here. If you don't want your tracker to recognize steps while you are drumming, you can put it in your pocket in the meantime. Since it can recognize some steps for the hand movements.

 

Let me know if you need anything else. Man Happy

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‎06-19-2019 06:21

In response to AlejandraFitbit

‎06-19-2019 06:21

I'm interested in tracking drumming as exercise including heart rate during drumming- simply taking the device off doesn't seem to answer this, am I missing something? Also would like to track calorie burn during this activity.   Any thoughts beyond just not wearing (to my mind = not using) it? 

 

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‎07-26-2019 09:15

In response to whvaughn

‎07-26-2019 09:15

I, too, am interested in logging heart rate and calories burned without logging steps. How hard would it be to create a workout mode to log everything else but the steps?

 

Perhaps, someone could make an app which could serve this function. Worth looking into?

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‎06-18-2020 03:48

‎06-18-2020 03:48

Theoretically I think what we need for drumming is something that tracks heart rate but not steps. I’ve tested rowing, boxing, workout, yoga and Pilates with 1 hour 20 mins of activity with avg HR of 125BPM.

 

- rowing was off the charts

 

- Boxing (which in retrospect does count steps I guess) way overestimates at 999kcals

 

- Workout at 509kcals seems excessive

 

- yoga at 364kcals also seems excessive

 

 - pilates seems reasonable at 262kcals

 

Hope that helps. 

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