02-17-2016 09:02
02-17-2016 09:02
02-18-2016 00:00
02-18-2016 00:00
I think it depends on the type of machine. Don't forget that your zip doesn't know that you are using a gym machine - all it sees is the steps you take. If the exercise is largely stepping, such as a treadmill, then the zip will track it quite well but other machines (rowing, weights, cycling etc) produce a low step count and therefore your zip calculates a low calorie burn.
For these machines you will get a more accurate calorie burn if you manually enter the exercise:
http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-do-I-log-or-record-an-activity/
You could even use the data from the gym machine for the manual entry if you feel the machine is still more accurate than your fitbit.
08-09-2016 07:34
08-09-2016 07:34
I am in the same boat, very confused!
Burning 350 calories on a step up machine but 80 on my fitbit, what do I go by??? 😞
08-09-2016 07:46
08-09-2016 07:46
@SunsetRunner I think in this case the machine is more likely to be correct as your Zip will not know that you are climbing and will base its calories calculation on just the steps it sees. You'd get more accurate calories if you manually logged this activity.
08-09-2016 08:02
08-09-2016 08:02
I have tried to put this in for last night:
What calorie amount do I enter? The fitbit or machine? Still confused how it would give me a more accurate log? Sorry if I am not getting this!
08-09-2016 08:13
08-09-2016 08:13
If you have the calories from the machine in the gym then enter those. When you manually log an activity it will overwrite the calories tracked by your fitbit during those times with those for the manual entry. So, you are basically saying to your fitbit: forget the calories you calculated for me and use these instead.
08-09-2016 08:16
08-09-2016 08:16
Ok, so for example I would manually enter the step machine, rowing and the bike?
But the tredmil would be pretty accurate to the fitbit?
08-09-2016 08:23
08-09-2016 08:23