Logging Spin - when Fitbit is linked to MFP

menyeca71
menyeca71 Posts: 30
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
Is there anyone else out there that spins? I believe my fitbit may have tracked some movement while in my spin class today.. but calories burned was no where, where it should have been.. Should I also log spinning in MFP?

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  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Yes, you log it and you have to put the times in so it doesn't count the steps as walking. Of course it won't have the same calorie count as it just assumes you're walking, which doesn't burn as many calories as spin. Unless you have the Fitbit charge HRM.
  • aubreyjordan
    aubreyjordan Posts: 276 Member
    Do you have the Charge HR? If not, Fitbit does the calorie adjustment based on steps and I wouldn't go by that. I have the Charge HR and it said I burned 274 in Spin today. Doesn't seem like a lot, but remember MFP tends to over-exaggerate calorie burn on exercises. If you log exercise in MFP it will sync over to Fitbit after a few moments.

    Either way, I'd log it in MFP. If you have the Charge HR, I would go by those calories. All other Fitbits, the MFP calories.
  • menyeca71
    menyeca71 Posts: 30
    edited March 2015
    I have the flex.. Thanks.. I'll enter it into MFP :)
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    menyeca71 wrote: »
    I have the flex..

    I've got the Zip. So just log spin as however many calories you burned in MFP. I also did spin today.
  • Roverbreath
    Roverbreath Posts: 5 Member
    I spin and wear a Polar FT4 to track my heart rate and calorie burn. The chest strap transmitter is nice because I can just wrap the watch onto the handlebars and monitor my heart rate without looking at my wrist. On those sprints I hunker down and see how high I can get that heart rate and maintain it. I generally burn 750 to 850 in a 60 minute ride, which I log manually into MFP.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I log all my non-step-based exercise on fitbit.com and all my food on MFP. As long as you only log it once you should be all set.
  • menyeca71
    menyeca71 Posts: 30
    Thank you all for your advise
  • brightsideofpink
    brightsideofpink Posts: 1,018 Member
    I attach my zip to my pant leg when I ride. I have found that it provides a reasonable estimate for average speeds/resistance, but would be an underestimate for hills or faster pace.
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