Add Equestrian to exercise

[Hricha1]

Wondering if I can add an Equestrian riding to the exercise on my Versa? 

[NellyG]

If you wear your watch while riding you will end up with lots of extra steps - the tracker will count your horses steps. You are probably best not to wear it while riding and add the activity manually afterwards in the app, or wear it, accept the extra steps and it will give calories burned and active minutes accurately (based on your heart rate)

Anyway, I suggest you go and vote for THIS Feature Suggestion to add it to exercises.

[HeydyF]

Hey @Hricha1, welcome to the Community! Oh! no my friend, as @NellyG said, this activity is not available on the Versa or any other Fitbit device, and wear it while practicing it, will definitely give you not so accurate results. But you can manually log it on your Fitbit account. Take a look at the instructions in this help article: How do I track exercise and activity with my Fitbit device? to do so. 

Keep me posted if you have further questions! 

[EmTe]

For the same reason why "driving" isn't an option in the workouts.

[HeydyF]

Hey @EmTe, I hope you are doin' fine! Well, driving is there more than anything, to take away those steps that were tracked when not doing step-based activities. Basically this activity negate those movements that were tracked as "steps".

Keep me posted! 

[Cjsunshine]

Driving is not excercise. Riding horses is excercise. Try educating yourself. I've included a link. 

https://www.healthiestbest.com/benefits-of-horseback-riding

[Lucid.lynx]

Thumbs up - equestrian is hell of an exercise. During a short 45 minute session of intense work on a horse (trot, canter, figures), I sweat like crazy, my heart rate keeps up in cardio range (130-170 bpm, occassionaly spiking even more) and I feel more exhausted than after gym session with weights, sometimes it feels like my core and leg muscles will just fall off. I hate it so much, when people are like:"Come on, sitting on a horse is not an exercise.". 

[Eventingmum]

 Very much agree, riding horses is a whole body workout. One uses so many muscles  when riding without even realizing it at first. There was a fantastic article years ago in Practical Horseman  aboutan older gentleman who had Parkinson's disease who started riding to improve his muscles & keep mobile as long as he could. He was a former tennis player but the disease restricted his movements so he could no longer play. It was a great article. Therapeutic riding is major for some children and adults who are so stiff they cannot move independently. Please bring us equestrians an exercise option. 🐎🐴👍🙏🙏😀