Add Rollerblading or Skating/Ice skating as exercise

Please add roller blading to the activities on the Fitbit Blaze

 

 

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject and label

195 Comments
gnarley
First Steps

Honestly the lack of ability to track roller skating will make me end up buying one of your cheaper models. I have a Flex and was going to upgrade so that I could GPS and heartrate track my outdoor skating. I was also really hoping to be able to track distance and heartrate for my indoor skating. I play roller derby and need this functionality to improve my lap times and get a better feel for how much I am actually burning calorie-wise. I will probaby buy a cheap fitbit instead of the top of the line model since it doesn't look like any of your products can do what I need. Super disappointed- please consider adding this! Roller Derby has almost 2,000 leagues across the world and is growing very fast and the athletes are incredibly conscious of our activity. Tap into this market!

gnarley
First Steps

I don't want to carry my phone with me when I skate but I REALLY want to be able to track skating using my fitbit. Comeone Devs! We need GPS and heartrate for skating (which can include inline, quad, skateboarding, longboarding, ice skating and hockey) 

Leena86
Jogger

I skate at least 3 days a week and would love to have the option to log my time strokes/steps and calories burned. You have many log options including golf which could easy substitute walking option, but no skating or blading. I know a roller skating/blade option would be a hit!

Jojo2017
First Steps

I would like to add my vote to some form of accurate tracking of roller skating!

Damen_Montanez
First Steps

Yes please add a skating/rollerblading log. 

c_phillips
Jogger

Please add Roller Skating ASAP! Bought the Blaze for this purpose and considering returning. Not even sure this forum is being monitored as I see no responses from fitbit. 


@hckypuck29 wrote:

Please add roller blading to the activities on the Fitbit Blaze

 

 

Moderator edit: Added labels


 

NikiS
Recovery Runner

I agree. I use the "workout" setting but then I have to edit the name to what activity I did. This used to work fine, a pain in the butt to do after every exercise but now if I edit the name it suddenly tracks the exercise twice - once as workout and then a second time as the activity I selected. It would just be nice if I could pick from the list of available exercises (Horseback riding is what I do) and have that as an option on my Blaze.

Leena86
Jogger

Need this so bad!!! I skate 4 days a week and can't track it successfuly. 

Mich-inline
First Steps

Not just to the blaze. But please add inline skating to fitbit all together. They have annual inline conventions, im sure providing inline skating tracking would generate interest. 

Bri_4
First Steps

Hi Fitbit team!! 

I am an advid roller blader/ hockey skater and recently bought myself a fitbit blaze after christmas as a gift to myself. I am inlove with it but was sad to see there was no skating/blading option when I first started using it. I think it would be a great asset to the Blaze because the Fitbits amazing technology is already so good at noting stride with running, biking, or walking- blading should be an awesome add on. 

Hope to see blading as a new feature in these beautiful sunny months coming up ahead. 

Linda_P
First Steps

I go to Curves gym most mornings. I want to be able to create "Curves Workout" as a custom activity I can choose from my phone.

Rich_Laue
Community Legend

As for rollerblading on the Blaze, this is the 3rd duplicate, please add your votes at https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Suggestions/Roller-Blading/idi-p/1337674

jkpiowa
First Steps

Please add roller skating to the Fitbit! It is really lacking for me, feels like a waste of money without being able to track my main form of exercise reliably.

Querque
First Steps

Add Skating!

JChillin
Jogger

Anyone every heard of CrossFit?  There are only a few million people doing it.  Please add it or let me customize them my self.

SunsetRunner
Not applicable

Please add rollerblading/skating

Mich-inline
First Steps
In october there is a 68 mile inline marathon. It would be nice!!!!!

Mich
Crxlvr2000
First Steps

Please add both inline and ice skating to the trackers.

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AlejandraFitbit
Premium User
Moderator Alum
Moderator Alum

Hi, I think it would be great to have more exercise shortcuts added to our trackers or have the ability to recognize this type of exercise automatically.

 

Please keep sharing your ideas!

Nie
Recovery Runner

How long does it need to improve yourself fitbit? I try to improve myself all day long. Hurry up to catch me!

Rich_Laue
Community Legend

For now use the workout mode on the tracker, then after a sync, reclassify it as rollerblading 

milalilu
Jogger

This still applies!! Please add!

 

I just got my Alta HR a week ago and I was very disappointed to find out I cannot manually and precisely track my exercise other than run/hike/walk. You would be able to see, for instance, in Amazon reviews or your community that this is a very common complaint and reason for giving up on Alta HR for other fitness trackers. People want to track their HIIT, BBG, weight-lifting, insanity, PX90, yoga etc., from the minute they start to the minute they finish! They don't like that fact that Alta HR barely estimates the activities only after 10 mins of much movement! Why can't you just add the feature of tracking other types of exercise under "track exercise" button in the app?? I mean, the data (HR, steps etc.) is already there, you just need to add, say, a general category "sport", for instance, where the distance is not key?? It would be so great to track the stats of our hiit workouts and see the heart rate zones in the daily exercise comparison! It would really help so many people who bought your newest tracker hoping it can at least do what the previous ones could (i.e. Charge HR)! It would be a deal breaker for me and many other users if the option of manually tracking other types of exercise (not running/hiking/walking) was not added... Really hoping for your response! Maybe you could kindly do some market research and filter, say, all 1-3 star reviews on Amazon - you would see that most of them also mention this particular problem with Alta HR!

Alyshakristine
First Steps

Roller/ice skating would be a great feature, please add!

Hopek2
Jogger

yes. skating.

Koteczek
First Steps

please add skating

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