Fitbit and extra workouts

kellicci

I have a fitbit (flex) and I love it because I moved to a city where I walk a lot more and I can really see what walking to a bus stop a couple blocks away does for my calorie expenditure. It's pretty cool.

My question is what do I do when I do a workout where I am mostly stationary or not moving my arms...like Yoga, Barre, or spinning? I'm tempted to just take it off during class and enter the calories separately.

Also what kind of calorie burn can I expect from yoga (hot yoga or power core yoga) or Barre? I've seen anywhere from 300-600. I'm 37 y/o and 131 pounds currently.

Thanks!

azulvioleta6

Put it around your ankle?

I'm not sure--I have a FitBit Zip and it would definitely log those things. I do have to put it on my shoe for cycling to register.

Yoga is great for flexibility, but it generally only burns a couple of hundred calories an hour. I would argue that it's a health and fitness activity more than a weight-loss activity.

segacs

If you've synced MFP and Fitbit, then you would log that workout on MFP, specifying the start and end times. And, assuming you set the time zones on both sites to the same, then Fitbit would subtract your calories and steps for the time period of the workout, so you wouldn't end up with calorie double-counting.

Careful about calorie burn estimates; yoga and barre classes are great for strength, balance and flexibility but they don't burn a lot of calories the way cardio does. Estimate low.

Dnarules

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Put it around your ankle?

I'm not sure--I have a FitBit Zip and it would definitely log those things. I do have to put it on my shoe for cycling to register.

Yoga is great for flexibility, but it generally only burns a couple of hundred calories an hour. I would argue that it's a health and fitness activity more than a weight-loss activity.

I have a fitbit, and it will not log those things at all. I have a fitbit one that I wear attached to my pocket, and I can ride a stationary bike for 30 minutes and it won't log a single thing. The only thing it logged during bodypump was the walking I did to get and put back my bar and weights. I bought a bodymedia fit for this reason, and it didn't log these things either.

Dnarules

Dnarules wrote: »

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Put it around your ankle?

I'm not sure--I have a FitBit Zip and it would definitely log those things. I do have to put it on my shoe for cycling to register.

Yoga is great for flexibility, but it generally only burns a couple of hundred calories an hour. I would argue that it's a health and fitness activity more than a weight-loss activity.

I have a fitbit, and it will not log those things at all. I have a fitbit one that I wear attached to my pocket, and I can ride a stationary bike for 30 minutes and it won't log a single thing. The only thing it logged during bodypump was the walking I did to get and put back my bar and weights. I bought a bodymedia fit for this reason, and it didn't log these things either.

OK, I see now that you said you put it on your ankle . I will have to try that (when I start exercising again).

kellicci

Thanks!

Too bad I got rid of the larger bands there's no way the small ones will fit around my ankle.

I figured that I should estimate low for yoga. Barre seems a little more intense. lol

I do usually get a good walk in either to the yoga studio or to and from the bus.

I'll make sure to estimate low. I don't usually eat back more than half my exercise calories anyway. Any guess what I would put in for a Barre class?