09-04-2022 18:02
09-04-2022 18:02
I want my Fitbit charge 5 to accurately track what I'm doing during the day so I can see how activities affect health trends.
With this being said, I log activities on my Kickr Bike and my Concept 2 rower through RGT for the bike and EXR for the rower. Both RGT and EXR accurately log calorie burn and HR through watts per kilogram and my dedicated HR monitor.
How do I import these activities into the Fitbit application so that it know I was working out rather than having a heart arrhythmia?
09-04-2022 18:04
09-04-2022 18:04
Ideally syncing FROM Strava TO Fitbit app.
09-04-2022 18:37
09-04-2022 18:37
So I just did a workout on my Kickr Bike and synced to Strava to see what would happen. I have Strava connected to Fitbit. Fitbit has not awareness of the workout that was synced to Stava. The end reslt is Fitbit thinking i have abnormally high HR.
09-05-2022 02:46
09-05-2022 02:46
@droogles I am unable to sync Strava workouts back to Fitbit. I believe you may need to track using Strava app but once I did it, no results either. I can sync Fitbit to Strava, that works but the other way around nope. On the Strava website it says:
What it will do
When you connect Fitbit and Strava, your Fitbit activities will automatically show up on Strava for all your friends to see
Additionally, runs and rides tracked via Strava will automatically contribute to your Fitbit all day stats like calories and active minutes
This clearly suggests that runs and rides will be transferred to the Fitbit account but that doesn't happen. I'm not sure whether activities that come from other sources into Strava would get transferred into Fitbit. From posts here, I know that it might have worked for some people but the HR is never transferred so for what you want there is no solution. Even if Strava pushes activities back to Fitbit you won't get HR (importing HR isn't supported by Fitbit).
09-05-2022 03:56
09-05-2022 03:56
09-05-2022 08:38
09-05-2022 08:38
Omg this Charge 5 is junk. I’m cycling right now and my HR, per my Apple Watch 6 and Wahoo TICKR SHOW 161 bpm, however, the Charge 5 90 bpm.
Forget not syncing FROM Strava. Sending this back and will just upgrade to the Apple Watch 7.
Fitbit, DO BETTER.
09-05-2022 08:51
09-05-2022 08:51
@droogles you just picked the wrong tool for the job. Fitbit is very basic when it comes to sports tracking. You need proper sports to watch that can connect directly to Tickr or Concept2 (if it's a PM5 watch can detect it as a power meter).
09-05-2022 08:55
09-05-2022 08:55
IDK, it's a "fitness tracker".
I'm looking for something that can track sleep, stress and do basic HR tracking. I certainly have chosen the wrong tool. The Apple Watch 6 at least did a decent job of those things and would sync well with all of my apps. Made a huge mistake on this one.
09-05-2022 13:59
09-05-2022 13:59
@droogles if you go with Apple you may see whether there is a dedicated app for C2 PM5 so the watch will connect directly to the rower. This is what I do on my watch. Simply I cloned generic Indoor Rower activity, renamed it to Concept2 and added the dedicated data field on additional screen:
This shows and records everything (power, speed, cadence etc.). Then my watch send it to Strava (not the other way around). I do something similar with my bike smart trainer (I use Tacx but they all are compatible when it comes to sensors). My watch just connects directly, reads power and can use ERG to change resistance (for example, if I use GPS map it will use it to set resistance according to elevation). There are already watches that can do what you need so next time pick wisely 😁
09-05-2022 14:27
09-05-2022 14:27
That's similar to what I do now. I have a Kickr bike and the Concept 2 PM5 rower. I use RGT (like Zwift, for the Kickr bike) and EXR (for the rower) which exports my workouts (cadence, power, speed, etc) to Strava. Strava then connects and sends to Apple Health which syncs to my other apps like Carb Manager, Runkeeper, Welltory, etc.
09-05-2022 14:29
09-05-2022 14:29
This Fitbit is like going back to the Stone Age. WAY behind.
09-05-2022 14:37
09-05-2022 14:37
I've thought about buying that Watch BTW. I just wish it would do a bit more. If they would put other recovery and stress measuring type technology into it, I would pull the trigger. I've already well into the Wahoo culture.
09-05-2022 14:43
09-05-2022 14:43
This one looks great: tactix® 7 – Standard Edition