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Under armour

littlel76
littlel76 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have synced the map my walk app which was syncing but then there was a huge adjustment due to this under armour giving me a calorie count that I feel is way too high?! Grateful if someone could explain what under armour is as I have disabled it just now as I fell it's an inaccurate reading?? Thanks

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Well, Under Armour is the corporate owner of MyFitnessPal, so that's part of it.

    Then, MapMyWalk is also something that Under Armour owns.

    So, when you inform MapMyWalk, and you didn't mention it but I think you're talking about a FitBit or Apple Watch or some such device which is partnered with MyFitnessPal, of your walk, it will instantly share that information with myfitnesspal and myfitnesspal will, because you set it up this way, adjust your exercise log and update your calorie budget.

    The question I can finally ask is, how far did you walk, how fast, and how many calories did myfitnesspal credit you for that?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Under Armour ?


    ... never heard of it.

    Damned UA, perhaps?
  • Rincewind_1965
    Rincewind_1965 Posts: 639 Member
    edited February 2018
    ??
    Under Armour is:
    The owner of this and several other fitness-sites (such as MapMy_Whatever, endomondo, MyFitnessPal, ...)
    in addition
    UnderArmour is one of the largest manufacturers of sports apparel
  • Rincewind_1965
    Rincewind_1965 Posts: 639 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Under Armour ?


    ... never heard of it.

    Damned UA, perhaps?

    What should the Movie-company founded by Charles Chaplin have to do with it?
  • littlel76
    littlel76 Posts: 2 Member
    So if they are the owners of this and the map my sites, why give two separate readings for the same activity?
  • Rincewind_1965
    Rincewind_1965 Posts: 639 Member
    Insufficient data
    Without access to your account-settings an answer is limited to more or less wild guessing.

    You may want to contact the support-team of MFP and/or MapMyWalk for further help
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    littlel76 wrote: »
    So if they are the owners of this and the map my sites, why give two separate readings for the same activity?

    My stock answer to all underarmour software glitches is "H1B programmers".
  • janesmith1
    janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    littlel76 wrote: »
    So if they are the owners of this and the map my sites, why give two separate readings for the same activity?

    My stock answer to all underarmour software glitches is "H1B programmers".
    That’s the truth, the real truth - ps pls friend me, ty.

  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    OP: You should just unsynch MapMyWalk from MFP.

    That's what I did because I did not like the way cal adjustments"were made, which I condidered grossly overstated & inaccurate.

    When you do that, you can just enter the walk cals directly into your log, which is what I do for all my "extra" exercises unaccounted for in my TDEE.
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