Vivofit and calories burned

nesa98
nesa98 Posts: 108 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Im working out doing 32 minute 21 day fix videos and my vivofit is telling me I'm burning less than 100 calories each video even though I'm full of sweat. .. anyone else have these issues? Thanks!

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  • LTStoerm
    LTStoerm Posts: 17 Member
    nesa98 wrote: »
    Im working out doing 32 minute 21 day fix videos and my vivofit is telling me I'm burning less than 100 calories each video even though I'm full of sweat. .. anyone else have these issues? Thanks!

    Do you have a HR monitor? I think you need one for workouts or it just does steps.
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    The vivofit only sees 'hand movements', and they have to replicate something it recognizes as steps/exercise. It's better to record your DVD work separately. I hula hoop for fitness and the Vivofit sees some of it as 'steps' and shows I was 'active', but it's calorie counts are way off unless I wear the heart-rate monitor, which is uncomfortable when hooping because with some of my moves, the hoop knocks the monitor.
  • nesa98
    nesa98 Posts: 108 Member
    Thank you guys :) i was wondering why i am not really showing much of anything but my zumba bc it is all steps actually shows. .. :)

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