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Cycling with Runtastic while wearing Fitbit

robertbmeyer01
robertbmeyer01 Posts: 5
edited February 4 in Fitness and Exercise
I attempted to search the forms before posting here, but didn't truly find what I was looking for, so here goes.

I've started cycling recently and recording the time and duration via Runtastic. It records and posts just fine to MFP. However, I am wearing my Fitbit device while riding the bike.

My question is will/can the Fitbit count the motions from me cycling as a step? And if it does, will it mess up my calorie count?

Granted, me being the absentminded person I am, I forgot to sync the device after work before I began riding cycling, so I am NOT sure how many of the steps were from me actually walking and how many were from (if any) from the cycling actions.

Once I head out to cycle tomorrow, I'll take a closer look and see what I discover.

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  • yustick
    yustick Posts: 238 Member
    In my experience, the Fitbit records some steps while cycling or spinning, but still understates calorie burn. My Polar RCX5 HRM generally has about twice the calorie burn as my Fitbit.
  • robertbmeyer01
    robertbmeyer01 Posts: 5
    Thanks. I have a heartrate monitor hooked up to the runtastic app. But either way, I'm gonna eyeball it and check it today and see what happens.
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