Question for fitbit users
DapperDassie
Posts: 190 Member
My fitbit keeps showing "outdoor biking" whenever I walk long distances instead of just showing walking. Anyone know why and what i can do about it? Had it for a few weeks now and seems like it's gotten pretty accurate other than that
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Are you talking about when you enter workouts?0
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Which version is this? I have a Charge and I've never noticed ? (walking is my primary form of exercising)0
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spiffychick85 wrote: »Which version is this? I have a Charge and I've never noticed ? (walking is my primary form of exercising)
HR Charge 20 -
Here's a pic for reference. Both times it shows "outdoor bike" I was just walking with my daughter pushing her stroller0
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oops sorry having technical difficulty lol0
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put your fitbit in your pocket next time you're pushing the stroller. I know this defeats the purpose of having a wrist worn tracker. But is the work around I've read people use to overcome the same issue you're having.3
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It does the same thing for me all the time. It's the angle of my arm holding the dog lead. My burn has never been out much though so I don't sweat it.
You can delete the entry and manually add it if it bothers you.2 -
Maybe it registers as bike because your arms are elevated and frozen while you continue to move? I can see how holding stroller bars could register the same as bike handle bars.0
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It's because you're pushing the stroller. I let my arm with tracker swing when I walk with the stroller. I have a charge 2 and you can choose the workout before you start.1
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Mine suggests outdoor bike if I forget to take it off while home alone.1
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MsHarryWinston wrote: »Maybe it registers as bike because your arms are elevated and frozen while you continue to move? I can see how holding stroller bars could register the same as bike handle bars.
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When i walk/run for c25k it decides im doing aerobics. I just laugh. At least its tracked it. A previous tracker that i returned would often fail to track anything when i hiked for over an hour0
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DapperDassie wrote: »Here's a pic for reference. Both times it shows "outdoor bike" I was just walking with my daughter pushing her stroller
I had the same thing when I was walking pushing a stroller. For a while, I'd manually correct it to walking just because it bugged me. But the calorie burns were right and I got credit for the steps, so eventually I stopped caring.
As others have said, it's because your arms aren't swinging. If it bothers you, your can push the stroller one-handed and leave the arm with the FitBit to swing naturally.1 -
I noticed this for the first time the other day, and I'd only been driving. I deleted it.0
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I don't have an HR and have to manually enter all activity other than steps. If I "track" current activity I choose the activity type when I start and it never changes it. This is not something I've seen0
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Get in your app settings and delete the shortcut for outdoor biking... then it will default to walk. I only keep the shortcuts for things I actually do.
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.2 -
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.
I've become adept at pushing my cart with one hand
I'm rarely in the grocery store for longer than 15 minutes, so i haven't yet had a chance to see what fitbit registers it as.
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Get in your app settings and delete the shortcut for outdoor biking... then it will default to walk. I only keep the shortcuts for things I actually do.
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.
My husband finds that he generally doesn't get credit for his grocery store steps. (He's the one pushing the cart while I chase the three year old.)0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.
I've become adept at pushing my cart with one hand I'm rarely in the grocery store for longer than 15 minutes, so i haven't yet had a chance to see what fitbit registers it as.
Instead of pushing I pull the cart behind me with one hand while my Fitbit arm swings 1 -
When I do Leslie Sansone Walk videos it registers as elliptical. I have a tendency to swing my arms forward and back, left over from my step aerobics days. I can confirm if you go in and shut a particular excercise down it will revert to walking.Get in your app settings and delete the shortcut for outdoor biking... then it will default to walk. I only keep the shortcuts for things I actually do.
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.
I've also gotten outdoor bike ride when I've had a bumpy cart. Generally if I'm pushing something I'll stick my Fitbit in my pocket.
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Mine puts it as different things sometimes. It said I was doing sports one time when I was actually working in my garden lol. I didn't think it mattered though?? Steps and calorie burn would still be ok??0
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Mine tracks jogging in my house as elliptical if I forget to tell it I am doing a walking workout. Just set it to a "walk" workout and it shouldn't change it.0
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DapperDassie wrote: »My fitbit keeps showing "outdoor biking" whenever I walk long distances instead of just showing walking. Anyone know why and what i can do about it? Had it for a few weeks now and seems like it's gotten pretty accurate other than that
Always does that when im pushing the pushchair I just manually edit the name of exercise0 -
SusanMFindlay wrote: »Get in your app settings and delete the shortcut for outdoor biking... then it will default to walk. I only keep the shortcuts for things I actually do.
Or at least I would think so? I mean, it doesn't register my grocery store runs as 'outdoor biking' either.
My husband finds that he generally doesn't get credit for his grocery store steps. (He's the one pushing the cart while I chase the three year old.)
I only do if there's nobody in my way and I don't have to stop all the time. I'd say I get about 500-1000 steps for a grocery store trip.0 -
My charge hr 2 does not register any steps if I keep that have on the handle- so I also push it one-handed whenever I can :-)0
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You can manually change. When I go for a walk on my break I always select workout to calculate my steps.0
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yep my flex 2 logs a bike ride if i am pushing the pushchair so I put it in my pocket....problem solved.
it also logged that id done a 26min swim........id actually been putting washing away lol0 -
I have a Charge 1 and it started doing that too a few months back when I was driving the car.
You can (de)activate the exercises you want it to automatically detect. So I've done that with outdoor bike. I never ride a bike so I don't need it to log it.0
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