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Flaw in MFP using steps
I did a run yesterday, 60 mins at 60kmph, with my iPhone 5S in an armband. After the run, the steps in MFP (that it gets from the 5S) correctly showed just over 10,000, but only showed as 230 calories burned (I was wearing a heart rate monitor and the correct calories burned is approx 800). It seems MFP takes the steps…
Steps question
I've just set up MFP and told it I'll be using an iPhone 5S to track my steps (I actually have a Garmin vivofit but apparently it's not listed in the MFP as one of the step partners). Am I right in saying if I do, say, a 60 minute run on the treadmill with my iPhone in my pocket/armband, I shouldn't then log the run as an…