I don’t like zone minutes

[SunsetRunner]

I don’t understand these new zone minutes. I just spent the last hour walking and only got 3 zone minutes!!!  I like the old activity minutes. Can anyone explain how this works?

[swampmilkweed]

I hate the zone minutes. I, too, can walk and get almost no minutes. The crazy thing is that the Versa 2 gives me zone minutes for no activity at all. I can get up, feed the cats and make coffee in the morning and suddenly I have 15 zone minutes. If I do actual exercise, then my experience is just like yours. I had 447 zone minutes on October 3rd. I am over 70. This is insane. All the fake zone minutes mean that I no longer have anything to go by on how I am doing with exercise.

[SunsetRunner]

zone min like lifting  weights   they want your heart to pump harder 

[MrMarv]

@SunsetRunner @swampmilkweed & @SunsetRunner -

FitBit has apparently rethought its definition of "activity" when the user's device is either the Charge 3, Ionic or any of the Versa family.

It used to be "Is your body active".

It is now "Is your heart active and how active is it".

You receive one AZM for each minute your heart rate averages within your Fat Burn zone.

You receive two AZM for each minute your heart rate averages within either your Cardio or Peak zones - more on the redefinition of those zones later in the post.

For me, picking a date at random, 10/25's web dashboard shows 127 Active Minutes (121 of which were from two treadmill sessions of approximately one hour each).

My mobile app heart rate page for 10/25 shows 59 minutes in Fat Burn, 79 minutes in Cardio and 5 minutes in Peak - 59 + (84 * 2) = 227 AZM. The Today screen in the mobile app shows 227 AZM, verifying my calculation.

At the same time AZM were introduced, the heart rate zone range calculations were changed. The new calculation incorporates Heart Rate Reserve (HRR).

Traditional formula which are straight fixed percentages (50, 70 and 85%) of your Max Heart Rate which is defined as subtracting your age from 220. For me, as a 68 year old male, my Max Heart Rate is 152.

Heart Rate Reserve. Subtracting your resting heart rate from your traditional max heart rate results in that reserve.
     40% of the reserve is added to your resting heart rate to establish the beginning of the Fat Burn Zone.
     60% of the reserve is added to your resting heart rate to establish the beginning of the Cardio Zone.
     85% of the reserve is added to your resting heart rate to establish the beginning of the Peak Zone.

The chart below shows my traditional and HRR zone breakpoints.

You can see your zone definitions in the mobile app by tapping on your account icon at the top left of the Today screen. From the Account page, scroll down and tap "Activity & Wellness" and then tap "Heart Health".

[swampmilkweed]

I get zone minutes for making coffee and feeding our cats. My complaint is that I am getting huge amounts of fake zone minutes. I know how it was supposed to work. but it is not working.

[SunsetRunner]

y my windows 10 say active mine and my android phone zone min lol becuase fitbit not doing  windows 10 no more 

[SunsetRunner]

if calories   no real high with  70 floors we all know fake account