30 Min HIIT

ErinBoeker
ErinBoeker Posts: 3 Member
edited November 27 in Fitness and Exercise
How do you log your 30min HIIT classes? I use my apple watch and when I sync, my daily diary shows no exercise? Not sure if I should just manually log it under cardio or strength....? Thanks for advise in advance!!

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  • jorichards2
    jorichards2 Posts: 100 Member
    I log mine as cardio- General aerobics.

    It’s not quite as high a calorie burn as they claim for HIIT but not too far out.

    Good luck
  • ErinBoeker
    ErinBoeker Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks! Kinda what I was thinking! Do you know if apple watch is supposed to sync exercise to MyfitnessPal? I may have setting wrong...
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,604 Member
    Log it as the activity you're actually doing: Calisthenics, circuit training, running, rowing, aerobics. HIIT is not an exercise per se. It's an exercise strategy or intensity.
  • veillon8005
    veillon8005 Posts: 3 Member
    Apple Watch will sync if your setting is correct. My watch goes through Health App on my IPhone
  • snemberton
    snemberton Posts: 175 Member
    HIIT won't sync over if you choose that as the workout on the watch. Most of the "other" categories don't apply properly to the sync process. I ran across a list once of what syncs and what doesn't, but can't find it now.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    If I record something on my Garmin that MFP doesn't recognize, it comes over as something generic. I forget what. I'm surprised Apple doesn't work the same way.

    Log it as what you did. If it was running with sprint intervals, put it in as running. Etc. Maybe shorten the time seeing as how HIIT involves a lot of rest time.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Don't name the workout HIIT, just use straight "other" and it will pass through fine. If you want, circuit training is one of the labels that synchs fine.
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