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Step trackers + running

alexapatel
alexapatel Posts: 87 Member
edited February 27 in Fitness and Exercise
I recently got a garmin vivofit to track my daily steps. It is hooked up to MFP and gives me extra calories if I get enough steps in. This usually happens if I go running. I also add into MFP my calories from running. Should I just continue doing what I am doing? The extra I get from my garmin has never been more than 50 cals anyway. A run is obviously much more. What do you guys do?

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  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
    I use a GPS and sometimes will use my HR chest strap to monitor my run intensity.
    I dont use it to see how many calories I burn or how many calories were burnt for the fact of eating some of them back.

    I use it to track workout/run intensity and progress in my runs.

    Cal burns are a bonus.
  • mommytoaiden
    mommytoaiden Posts: 75 Member
    I use a fitbit which syncs with MFP. The only time I add in exercise to MFP in addition to what my fitbit already gives me is when I do yoga and sometimes when I do the elliptical. I never add it separate when running because my fitbit is already counting in those steps and turning them into calories.
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