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p90x cardio and fitbit

ashowers36
ashowers36 Posts: 83 Member
edited February 16 in Fitness and Exercise
So I just did the p90x cardio but my fitbit says I only did 9 minutes of being active. I did the whole 48 minutes or however long it is ofthe dDVD. How can I figure out what my calorie burn really was since my fitbit clearly didn't register everything I did.

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  • ashowers36
    ashowers36 Posts: 83 Member
    Bumping for an answer
  • an0nemus
    an0nemus Posts: 149 Member
    Bumping for an answer

    Can you break down the exercises you did do against the MFP database?

    I know its not the same, but that might be the only way.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Probably need an HRM for something like that. That's why I switched to the TDEE method - can never find an accurate calorie burn - too much effort to track it. I still wear my FitBit but now I don't have it linked.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Fitbits are not good at anything other walking or running when it comes to exercise. They are glorified pedometers, not heart rate monitors.

    Most people will use a good HRM for other cardio activities as a better estimate. I personally run with a bluetooth HRM synced up to the endomondo app and my Fitbit so it counts everything together. There are other ways to do it, though, but they typically start with HRM.
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