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Do you wear your Fitbit while doing cardio - treadmill or cross trainer?

leah4590
leah4590 Posts: 27 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
ive had my Fitbit flex for a while now and I wear it 24/7 but I'm curious if you guys wear it while doing the treadmill or cross trainer? It obviously tracks my steps and active minutes for both but I also manually log it on MFP too so it's there for sure and definitely logged properly.

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  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    I wear it all the time. The only exercises I manually log are weights.

    My runs and walks, whatever fitbit gives mfp, it's what I leave it at.
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    I wear mine as well, although I do not have my flex linked to my mfp account.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Sometimes but I always log cardio via my HRM by time and it overwrites the steps

    fitbit doesn't really pick up crosstrainers well
  • leah4590
    leah4590 Posts: 27 Member
    Thanks all. Will not log treadmill time but will log cross trainer! :) it doesn't matter really as I don't eat exercise calories at the mo but was just curious either way!
  • marissafit06
    marissafit06 Posts: 1,996 Member
    I wear mine, it is synched with MFP and I do not input exercise on MFP. I figure that the excess calorie burn from the incline is just a bonus to give me slightly more of a deficit cushion.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    leah4590 wrote: »
    Thanks all. Will not log treadmill time but will log cross trainer! :) it doesn't matter really as I don't eat exercise calories at the mo but was just curious either way!

    don't forget to note the time you start and finish - and then halve the calories MFP database gives you

    and eat them back ...calories you earn are the yummiest
  • Amerielle
    Amerielle Posts: 153 Member
    I wear mine all of the time and don't log anything separately because like marissa, I just call it bonus burn.
  • Blazing_Brunette
    Blazing_Brunette Posts: 217 Member
    All the time ..fun to see the steps add up
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