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Earning zone minutes sitting on the couch

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‎12-30-2021 18:59 - last edited on ‎12-18-2022 23:01 by Fitbit Moderator

‎12-30-2021 18:59 - last edited on ‎12-18-2022 23:01 by Fitbit Moderator

Inspire 2 shows "intense activity from 12:06 to 4:25 PM but I wasn't doing any exercise other than walking out to get the mail.  While sitting on the couch cross stitching, my watch flashed that I had earned 750 active zone minutes for the week.  What???

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‎12-30-2021 20:11 - edited ‎12-30-2021 20:12

‎12-30-2021 20:11 - edited ‎12-30-2021 20:12

Zone minutes are based on heart rate.  Check your heart rate graph during that time.  That won't necessarily solve it, but the underlying issue would be your heart rate, not zone minutes which are a by-product of heart rate.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎12-31-2021 02:20

In response to JohnnyRow

‎12-31-2021 02:20

OK, just did that.  It doesn't show the elevated heart rate for the real time I exercised, even though that's recorded under exercise.  Instead, it shows elevated heart rates for four hours after I exercised.  I don't think it accurately recorded my heart rate.

 

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‎10-25-2022 15:50

‎10-25-2022 15:50

Only tangentially related, but I knit and play the harp, and when I do those things, sometimes Fitbit thinks I'm swimming. 

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‎10-25-2022 17:59

In response to Fluti314

‎10-25-2022 17:59

@Fluti314  If you never swim, on phone app:

days of exercise tab > gear icon (top right) > auto-recognized exercises: swimming - turn off with slider

then if will never auto-recognize swimming.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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