Has squash been added as an activity? If not how do I track it?

[OzTraveller]

Hi everyone,

I checked the forums and the last time 'squash' appeared as a topic was 2017. I am wondering how people manage to easily add squash as an activity? I saw some posts from 2017 suggest adding as a "workout" then edit the activity on the app. This seems inefficient and tiresome considering I play 3 times a week. Why can't I just choose "squash" as an option? I would think the sport is popular enough for it to be an option.

Has anyone found a way to do this that doesn't require constant editing of data? Sorry if this seems repetitive but I would just like to click squash then start and it is logged AS squash.

Suggestions?

[JohnnyRow]

Why not just pick some other category you never do?  It's just a label.  You could call it 'Kickboxing' if you would remember that meant 'Squash'.

[OzTraveller]

Hi Johnny, 

If it is "just a label", why can't I create my own permanent label so then I can just choose it each time instead of a wrong activity. Data in 2022 should be more accurate. 

[JohnnyRow]

I'm not sure what accuracy has to do with it.  Calories are based on heart rate no matter what you are doing.  A step is a step for any activity, though probably overcounted for activities with heavy activity by fitbit arm.

"Why can't you choose your own permanent label" is not a question I could answer.  I'm just trying to explain how it is, not justifying it or necessarily explaining why.

Do you think that if you call it 'Workout', then change the label to 'Squash', changing the label is making it more accurate'?

There is a general conception that the label makes some great difference in the calorie burn, but calories are just based on heart rate.  If you work harder and burn more calories, your heart rate goes up.  The difference might just be which stats show up in your workout summary, or for instance that for biking the distance is not counted in daily distance because it is misleading to consider a ten mile bike equivalent to a ten mile walk or run, but otherwise, just a label for your reference.

But I didn't write any of the code or have any inside access, so feel free to disagree with me on any of the above.