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Dedicated Cardio Fitness Testing Mode

Status: Not currently planned Submitted by on ‎10-15-2017 15:12
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Fitbit models with heart rate monitoring support Cardio Fitness.

 

This article describes how it is calculated. For the most accurate score, we need to run on flat terrain for 10 minutes (with GPS).

 

The problem becomes, when going on longer, slower runs, your score can actually go lower. Walks have been reported to also lower the score.

 

I'd like to see a dedicated Cardio Fitness testing mode, which let's the tracker start a Run exercise for testing and adjusting the Cardio Fitness scores.  This could be a dedicated Exercise mode--"Fitness Testing".

 

That way, normal runs and walks will be excluded from the score adjustment, and Cardio Fitness scores will no longer be lowered by them.

Work out...eat... sleep...repeat!
Dave | California

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Status changed to: Not currently planned
DavideFitbit
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‎03-18-2018 11:22
‎03-18-2018 11:22

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. 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.

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