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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Fitbit by Google (Re: smart plugs???)
Date: 17 Jan 2025 20:40:46 GMT
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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.