Re: Fitbit by Google (Re: smart plugs???)

On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:34:16 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

Cardio Load seems to be designed to induce people to "upgrade" to a paid
Premium subscription. But like some other features releated to
"exercise", it does not work with the machinery I use at the gym:
Elliptical, Stairmaster and Treadmill. Tracking exercise insists that
you must be moving, as measured by GPS, and the GPS map takes over the
screen and prevents you from seeing heart rate, which is the most useful
measurement in real time for me.

That's the conclusion on the Fitbit subreddit. Half an hour on the stair
stepper using the cardio feature to keep my HR up yielded 0 cardio load. A
half hour walk outside at a lower average HR did better. I don't look at
the watch or app when I'm moving so it's all after action data.