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Attaching to shoe for recumbent bike?

Welcome2theHellmouth
Welcome2theHellmouth Posts: 206 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
My Fitbit HR doesn't pick up my steps when peddling my elliptical/bike at my desk. If I stick in my shoe or around my ankle I feel like I'm getting a crazy amount of steps. I do peddle pretty fast. I can't really swing my arms while working. Think putting it in my shoe is ok? Doesn't really push my calorie count up too much but I don't want to falsely be over on steps.

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  • Borgeteien
    Borgeteien Posts: 14 Member
    edited March 2016
    Hi! Fitbit say's that the HR is primarily made for walking, running etc, and that it would be inaccurate in activities like biking. Tried to find the article, but with no luck. If i find it, i will link it.

    I found this, maybe you already have seen it. But if not, hope it helps:

    https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-HR/Biking-and-step-count-what-to-do/m-p/856882

    -Freddy
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    If you purely want steps, it may or may not see enough impact on that non-step based activity. Sounds like it's seeing some at least.

    But worse effect, since the daily activity calorie burn is based on those steps and what it calculates the distance as - which may not be much on biking motion - the calorie burn is totally wrong.

    And since it's probably not intense enough to get a good reading for HR-based calorie burn, you have no way to compare to know if by pure luck it's right, or more likely off in one direction.

    For actual road bike use, seeing about 1/3 the "steps" my feet actually go around (so I think seeing road vibration instead) - the calorie burn is less than 1/2 of best estimate.

    In that case - HR-based calorie burn better estimate than step-based.
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