MFP and FitBit Flex - Where to add non step activiteis?‏

[crsantoni]

Hi!  I'm still new to this so I appologize if this is a dumb question.

I have a FitBit Flex. I've had it about 6-9 months. I do have it linked with MFP with sucess. I haven't tracked in MFP for a while, but here is to 2015!!!

My first question is where do I track non-step activities?  Do I track in FitBit or in MFP?

In the past, I have mostly done walking ... so there was no additional exercise I had to track in MFP since my FitBit covered all my walking. However I recently joined Planet Fitness and they have a 30 minute circuit, which I really like. If you are not familiar with it, it is 20 stations, 10 of the stations are weight machines, and 10 of the stations are step blocks (where you can do any type of step exercise you want). You are at each station for 1 minute. Do the math, and that only equals 20 minutes, but you have time between each station (maybe 30-60 seconds?)

My second quesiton is, I am not sure how I should track this type of activity (that involves both step blocks and machines)?

I'm guessing I should only add the non-step portions? in MFP? For example, should I just add 15 minutes of weights (circuit) in MFP? Also, I'm not sure how accurate the FitBit is counting steps when I'm on the stepping blocks, since its not like I am continuoulsy walking (I'm just stepping up and down or side to side or doing calf raises, etc). For example, when I go for walks around the neighborhood, I'll get about 30 active minutes on my FitBit. Today when I did the circuit, I only got 2 minutes! But I know I was working ALOT harder then when I walk around the neighborhood. KWIM???

I also have heard (vaguley) that you can double tap your FitBit (like you do when you track sleep) and this will track the exercize you are about to do. Then you double tap it again when you are done. I'm not sure I understand this? What would this accomplish if you had it linked to MFP? Would it double count it? Or would MFP recognize this as something you are going to track manually?

TIA

[SunsetRunner]

@crsantoni I'm sorry that your post went without a response for so long. Answering your first question; you may want to check this post. As you're going to find in the post above you should log activities that require more than just steps because this will improve the amount of calories that you are going to get. Since these are non step based activities, the active minutes may variate. 

Last but not least, tapping your tracker rapidly will make enter your Flex in "Activity mode". This helps you to get all the detailed information from a certain period of time while you were exercising. However, this does not mean that you are going to get more or less steps while recording your activity.

Welcome to the Community. I hope this helps!