Fitbit Inspire Hr Bicycle

Though you can lean on your smartphone s gps to map outdoor activities like running and cycling.

Fitbit inspire hr bicycle. Once complete i finish up the ride on my inspire hr after completing my ride the step count has increased by about 3000 steps even though i told the inspire that i was biking. Just start exercising and the inspire hr will automatically register that you are exercising and track your workout. Fitbit community council members are a select group of volunteers who share support knowledge on the forums and advocate for the betterment of fitbit. When you re using the fitbit inspire hr in this mode you don t need to pick a specific exercise category.

Hi wwanderer as you have the inspire and not the more expensive inspire hr you cant do that. Wrist based trackers like fitbit count steps by looking at the motion of your arm swing as you walk. The more expensive a tracker is the more features it has and if you want exercise shortcuts to help track your activity then you need to move to the hr model or a different tracker that does track using shortcuts. Will compare to the map my.

The fitbit community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas solutions tips techniques and insight about the fitbit products and services they love. Inspire hr synced to. You swipe down on the inspire hr screen to get to the exercise app. I went on vacation away from my bike and while i was there installed the firmware upgrade.

Before a couple of weeks ago my fitbit app reliably detected this as outdoor cycling. Fitbit inspire and inspire hr are friendly fitness trackers for every day that help you build healthy habits. On a bike the arms don t move as much so fewer steps are counted. Any thoughts how to prevent this.

These encouraging companions motivate you to reach your weight and fitness goals and even enjoy the journey with calorie burn tracking goal celebrations sleep tracking guidance reminders to move and up to 5 days of battery. Steps on a stationary bike are a little tricky. Iphone 10 app is up to date i commute by bicycle about 40 minutes each way. With the fitbit inspire hr it takes a similar.

Note that you must work out for at least 10 15 minutes for the device to recognize it as exercise. I get about 1 3 of the steps on a bike that i would walking the same amount of time. Going to try the run and see how that goes. Did not use any exercise shortcuts just normal fitbit settings it seems to register one step per one full rotation of the pedals.

I d love to have a bike option on my inspire. Will try a few more days then update if this is indeed what is happening.