vivofit garmin fitness band

Sweet_Pea4

Hi

Does anyone have this band? Just bought it and wondering if you go to gym do you type in somewhere first you are going to the gym? Or does it just pick it up that you are doing some sort of activity.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

jenny3008

I have one and I use it every time I work out.
I just put on the HRM band then use the little button on the vivofit to move the HRM screen.

When I'm finished doing my workout I press and hold until it says HEART OFF then I sync when I am ready.

I find it works well although for some reason it didn't give me last nights readout but did give me the calories... very strange but generally it works very well.

If you are using it as a pedometer I would recommend calibrating it though. I haven't yet and there is a fairly large inconsistency between what it tells me I have travelled distance wise and why the map my run or similar on my phone tells me. For example on one walk one says 3.4 miles and the other 4.3miles

Sweet_Pea4

Ah ok so just before the work out press the button that says heart then after workout hold it down? That means heart rate off?? Can you name the exercise you have done then? Eg running or gym? Does it automatically sync to mfp??

How else can you track your steps just to compare?