Allow us to move or delete Cardio Load prompt

[BonBon7]

There is a new Activity called Cardio Load on my home page and I cannot move or delete it. I don't care about it. I want to see my Steps on the top of the list and now I can't see them because of this new Activity and the size of my iPhone mini. This is ridiculous.

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[Jpepper]

Yeah, I’m generally unhappy with the direction Fitbit is going. I’m getting annoying messages on my wrist device from apps which I thought I deleted. The data that shows on my phone is wrong or incomplete. And some of the heart rate numbers are ridiculous. Company seems to be going downhill.

[Bexielou]

What is worst of all is I realised that that it doesn't then give me a good job when I'm in the target 🤣🤣. Such total bs. It's not a feature, it's junk. So inaccurate. I have had four days of undertraining and I'm sure in three days it will tell me slow down. And I will tell it where to go. 

[Ishagirl]

When is anything going to change on this? How many comments are needed to get a change? I'm with others who plan to switch to a different health tracker when this fitbit dies. Fitbit should give users data that allow the user to make decisions on what they want to do. Fitbit should not be telling users what they should do. Moderator - are you listening? 

[scifigirl128]

Agree! And please not just turn the tile off. I'm so sick of the popup that keeps telling me I'm undertraining (I'm really not - by all other metrics, suggested heart rate zones and all - I'm on track). Please just let us turn the stupid score all the way off

[rachellyn]

So annoying. I have a broken foot so ofc my activity is lower. No way to turn off the buzzing fly. But the Inspire 3 is garbage anyway. I'll switch brands next year when it's time to buy another tracker. And it won't be google.

[music92]

I think we are just going to have to go find another fitness tracker. Apparently Fitbit doesn’t think loyal users experience is interesting.


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[CardioComments]

Yet another +1 on wanting to remove cardio load. I've had a Fitbit for 6+ years and this is the first thing that's annoyed me enough to log into these forums. 

[Sammy.clare]

I find it so stressful that every time I open my app it says I’m either ‘at risk of overtraining’ or ‘under training’. I have deselected the readiness and cardio load features but the notifications still show up every time. there is never a ‘way to go’ or ‘you’re on target’ it’s always something negative and it’s so annoying!

 I want these pop up tiles to be removed or at least have an option to deactivate them. It’s really annoying and has negatively impacted my experience with the Fitbit. It makes me not want to open or use the app because I’m going to be told I’m either over or under doing it.

[corkran]

I hate it. Can’t get rid of it even by pressing x. Surely all notifications should be optional. It just acts as an irritant.

[ssrivastava]

Please allow to completely remove the cardio load and inflammation it provides. It is scaring me to workout. 

[JRSAB]

Another vote to allow Cardio Load to be completely ignored: deleting the data makes it go away for a week or two, but as soon as it builds up more data, the annoying prompts reappear 

I use this as a fitness tracker, not a fitness motivation, and these messages actually make me less likely to workout than more likely.

If cardio load is turned off, I should not see anything to do with cardio load on the app: please fix or this will be another ex-Fitbit user

[ssrivastava]

Agree. Telling me to move, does it know that I am sick. Telling me not to work out. I am better and will work out! 

[BecS81]

Fitbit/Google - you can see this is something people feel strongly about. Why are you ignoring us?

[Jpepper]

So, now that it’s clear that nobody from Fitbit is reading these messages… does anyone know if there’s a way to export all my Fitbit history (10 years) to Garmin?
Just asking for a friend.


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[SEM213]

This feature is terrible. The tone is awful and even if it were cheerful/encouraging, which it isn't in the slightest, I do not want it. I just want to look at what I've done, receive the information with a glance at my dashboard, and go on with my day. I don't want this snotty faux coach tone on my phone. The "x" to close the message doesn't even work most of the time. I hate it with a purple passion. If it doesn't go away, I'll switch fitness products. It's a deep, visceral hatred of this feature. Please remove it or allow it to be removed permanently. I cannot emphasize enough how horrid it is. 

[UptownGuy]

Please give us the option of turning off the cardio load pop ups.  I don't use the cardio load features, and I don't want cardio load pop ups filling up my screen so I can't see the things that do matter to me.

[LolaJenkins]

Please allow us to remove cardio load reminders. I'm recovering from a pretty bad knee/quad injury from over exercising because I kept wanting to meet the cardio load number. And now I keep seeing the high cardio numbers with the passive aggressive reminders that I need to get moving or I'm at risk of under training :(.

It's really disheartening and it's not been great for my mental (or physical) health :(.

Thank you!!!

[Cohrs25]

I'm not sure what I did, but I'm not seeing the Cardio Load message.
Fingers crossed it sticks!

[cpc54]

Same. I noticed this morning - no annoying message about under or over
training. There hasn't been an app update so I'm assuming the messages are
controlled at the server end.

[vsweat]

I hate this cardio load feature- I can’t even close it with the X!  Makes me hate my Fitbit 😞

[AZLivesUK]

I keep deleting the cardio load data which stops the target loads for a bit. Then today every single time I open the app it tells me what I need to hit for the day. Keep "x"ing out, well now I have hit some arbitrary goal, it has congratulated me and increased it! I DON'T want it. I decide my targets not Google/Fitbit. Give us the option to have nothing to do with this. My body, my fitness....NOT YOURS!!! 

[Kelz01]

Any progress on this please? I hate this function so much! Half the time, I can't make it disappear and then other times, when it's telling me I have been over training, I close the dialogue for it to then reappear a nanosecond later telling me I'm being lazy and I need to increase my cardio load! It gets in the way of the other progress stats and I am growing increasingly frustrated by this stupid feature that can't be turned off!!

[ssrivastava]

No, I don't wear it. Today I wasn't wearing it then I looked it up and had
13 zone min. How it has 13 zone min when I was not wearing it.

Just go by old fashion way, It was too much for me anyway. I do not want to
wear anything, just see how I feel and how much I want to workout.
I am getting off the community too.

best of luck

[FitnessGremlin]

This has been detrimental to me working out. Don't want to check my stats on the app because of that awful notification . Please fix it 

[cpc54]

The annoying message briefly disappeared for a couple of days but sadly has reappeared.

It seems Fitbit aren't listening and don't care about their users.

I would like to see the science behind the calculation of cardio load. I don't want targets set by Fitbit. Once I am confident in the data and the science behind I want to be able to set my own goals.

I exercise daily including three intensive workouts a week at the gym, mainly weights but with a large amount of cardio. On gym days my active zone minutes are usually around 130 to 150. I'm 70, pretty healthy, not overweight but with arthritis in one of my knees. I know better what I am physically capable of on a daily basis than some algorithm. The algorithm appears t 

It's annoying to be told one day to slow down and the next day to be told I'm slacking. AS (Artificial Stupidity) not AI!

I like my Pixel 3 watch but unless the Fitbit side improves I will be looking at alternatives.