Where to wear your fitness tracker

briittanyxxoo

I have a fitness watch to track my steps as my daily exercise is walking but I recently bought a stationary bike. I'm wondering if I should wear my tracker on my ankle to use the biking as steps, or leave it on my wrist as the biking isnt actual steps?

shadow2soul

Leave it on your wrist and if the trackers app has the option log it.

earlnabby

briittanyxxoo wrote: »

I have a fitness watch to track my steps as my daily exercise is walking but I recently bought a stationary bike. I'm wondering if I should wear my tracker on my ankle to use the biking as steps, or leave it on my wrist as the biking isnt actual steps?

shadow2soul wrote: »

Leave it on your wrist and if the trackers app has the option log it.

If your bike tells you calories burned, enter "stationary bike" as an exercise separate from your tracker. Start out by logging only 1/2 to 2/3 of the calories your bike gave you (or the time you were on it) since equipment is notorious for overestimating a burn

pnash4508

I now wear mine on my ankle. I found a band on Amazon and another on Etsy.

NorthCascades

briittanyxxoo wrote: »

I have a fitness watch to track my steps as my daily exercise is walking but I recently bought a stationary bike. I'm wondering if I should wear my tracker on my ankle to use the biking as steps, or leave it on my wrist as the biking isnt actual steps?

The second one. Biking is mostly sitting down, it's not a weight bearing activity. Your calorie burn from cycling isn't much related to your body weight, it's to how much work you do on the bike overcoming countervailing forces (eg the resistance). Your Fitbit has no idea about that, but if you put it on your smile is goes from but really knowing, to thinking you're doing something else entirely.