Add Cardio Dance or Dancing to exercise list

[SunsetRunner]

I wonder if Zumba could be classified as a step based activity. I have to remember to take by FitBit off so that it doesn't throw off my step count, and then hope that the other counter I use has an accurate calorie burn count. It would just be nice if I didn't have to mess around with diffrent apps and devices.

Thanks!

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[kktoy]

I agree with OP! I dance salsa every week and it's a great workout. I would love to see dance as an activity option! 

[Bellydancer1]

This is so frustrating. I had a fitbit in 2015 and it eventually got lost. I finally ponied up for a new one beginning 2018. It never occurred to me this missing dance category problem wouldn't be fixed by now!

My students come to class and leave sweaty and their fitbits register nothing... so it sends them off to more step-based classes.

And I just got done teaching for 2.5 hours and my tracker tells me my goals are toast and the movement reminder is going off DURING my class!

PLEASE fix this somehow or tell all us dancers how to compensate for it!

[Lgee]

yes I would love this I do a dance class called Sh'Bam 4 times a week and just record it as workout 😞 

[sammy2901]

I would like Dance fitness to be added. With Zumba, line dance, and mixxedfit, commit, and many other dance fitness routines out here. Would be nice to have dance as an option like walk run and swim. Thanks 

Sandy

[wilkinj12]

Please add dance to the home screen.  Thanks 

[LizFitbit]

Thanks @Daversa7 for this idea, I can imagine dancing is a pretty popular exercise. Interested to see if this is popular with other community members. Thanks!

[LazyFitTracker]

Don't understand how something that has been suggested multiple times by various people since 2015 THREE years still hasn't been added. Surely this is on the programming side unlike water resistance. Please add a dance option AND in the meantime suggest which activity to use until you sort it out.

[dinnydoowop]

I too would love to see a dance option in the Exercise tracker 

[Brunodomingues]

Dance activity would be great. Please developers.... 

[Freqout]

Yes, please add this. I do a dance called Balboa that tends towards fast-paced small steps. I'd love top see this properly logged. 

[DrDrea]

I was disappointed that it doesn't count the exercise/ calories for dance. I dance casino salsa, which is non-stop and yet I'm unable to get a true read for my exercise goals. Please let us know if you're working on adding dance soon!

[wilkinj12]

Are we able to add Dance to our list?





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[SandyDandy1968]

I noticed that my charge two device not only added steps whenever I dance, it also gave me ridiculous amounts of steps while I shampoo clients at work. So now I just take it off when I am shampooing people. But I would absolutely love a "dance" option in the exercises. That would be awesome!

[DramaQueenDiva]

Please add this!  You're missing a whole community of us dancers who can't track their exercise automatically without this option!

[Lgee]

I dance 4-5 times a week doing Sh'Bam and would love to track this as dance currently I use workout on my ionic / versa depending on which I am wearing 

[olestokie]

Would love the Blaze ( mine) and Alto (wifes) to accurately track the exercise done through a multi hour ballroom / latin / sequence dance session. Manually counting steps through one dance both registered less than 40% of actual steps taken ! 

just to put things into perspective, a heart rate of 120 + is not attained by a 2 minute walk around a shop, but 4 minutes of Samba does. 4 minutes of fast stepping 10 times an hour should show better (accurate) results ! 

Many people within the dance group also say the same thing. 

[BaddestChik]

Please add a dancing option. I do dance workouts 5-6 times per week.

[KazKel2]

Dancing is very popular and yet it's still not been added to exercise shortcuts.  Please can you review adding Dance.

[SantiR]

Hi everyone, thanks for sharing this suggestion. We're always striving to enhance Fitbit products and services, and we appreciate all of the input we receive from our customers. We do not currently have plans to release this feature. You can learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs located at the top right box of the Feature Suggestions Board screen. For now, we will leave this suggestion open for votes (and closed to comments) so that we can continue to track community demand over time. Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we will let you know if anything changes.

[JBell413]

I would like a way to customize the choices list. The category Workout is very vague, while the other choices are specific. Besides weights, cardio and Pilates, I take Zumba classes regularly. I would like to be able to select that option.

[andreaz9978]

Please add rowing to the exercise shortcuts.

[KatKali]

I’ve seen several suggestions for adding the ability to track dance and dancing workouts. I would like to share my 2¢ and say this would be a great addition to the Fitbit suite of fitness tracker apps. I would love to consult on getting such an app developed.

[AlexandraFitbit]

Hello @KatKali ! Thanks for sharing this suggestion, I moved it to this similar post so you can add your vote to it. Please keep sharing your ideas with us!

[olysim]

I'm a person who doesn't really like the gym, but I do walk and swing dance a lot and the latter can definitely be a workout (especially when dancing to music that's 200+ bpm). I'm sure that there are more dancers here who dance other swing styles as well as simply other genres of dance and this would be a pleasant addition.

Thank you in advance!

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @olysim, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us, this feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here as it is not currently planned. You can keep adding your votes to this suggestion so we can keep tracking this request overtime. Learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs. I hope to see you around.