Treadmill Activity

[ArtMuscle]

When I first started tracking my exercise on the Fitbit Inspire HR, it was fairly accurate.  Now it says I spend 35 minutes on my treadmill at 0 MPH and walk 0.01 miles (52.8 feet) in 35 minutes.  WTF  I can't find any way to adjust or edit this.  Support says use the pencil icon.  No where in my screens for exercise is there a pencil icon.  When I go to settings it says to export the info or delete it.  Those are the only two icons I get no matter what exercise screen I'm in, including details.  I've tried editing it on my Samsung S20 Ultra 5G and my Windows 10 Laptop and find the same setting on both and nowhere to edit it.  Also, when I'm on my phone and try to edit exercise, it automatically switches to a map with GPS for running.  There isn't even a way to change THAT to treadmill or some other exercise.  The more I have this gadget, the more frustrating it seems and the more it's looking like expensive junk!

[SteveH]

That sounds to me like you enabled connected GPS when you tracked your walk on the treadmill and GPS would think you were standing still the entire time. 

[lcc-qld · Accepted solution]

When you hold the hand rail of the treadmill the fitbit can't detect your steps. I was dumbfounded upon discovering this 

[ArtMuscle]

I have the GPS function on my Fitbit turned off.  I even tried turning it off on my cell phone along with my location, and then it failed to show my treadmill activity at all for that day in my dashboard until I turned my location back on, then it appeared, but with no mileage again.

[ArtMuscle]

I never thought about that, but you may be on to something.  I bought a chest strap to relay my heart beat to my treadmill, but I still put a finger from each hand on the bar for balance.  (Sucks getting old)  I'm going to try putting my Fitbit on my ankle today when I do the treadmill and see if that does the trick.  Thanks for replying.

[ArtMuscle]

Actually I turned off the GPS after the first two days of doing the treadmill because that was what I thought too.  I think another member figured it out.  I use the bar on the treadmill for balance, therefore, my arms aren't moving when I'm on it, so it probably isn't seeing me as moving, but it still seems to count the steps.  I'm not sure what's going on.  I also turned off the GPS and location on my cell and that didn't correct it either.  Instead, it failed to track the exercise altogether until I turned location back on on my cell.

[ArtMuscle]

An update:  Today when I did my treadmill, I wore my Fitbit on my ankle.  Problem solved.  It still registered my heartbeat and accurately tracked my distance.  Had to use a bread tie to fit it to my ankle, but it worked fine.