Snow Shoveling vs. Steps vs. Excercise

[evillama]

Curious if anybody on the Northeast US side wore their bands while snow shoveling after the storm?

I did, and while shoveling for 7 hours still not able to leave my property (long driveway), I apparently managed to do 13,284 steps, walk 6.64 miles, climb 11 floors, and only burn 1937 calories!

Would be great if someone wrote a "Shoveling app" for the band to detect that exact motion. :wink:

 

[Harrie-S]

Curious if anybody on the Northeast US side wore their bands while snow shoveling after the storm?

I did, and while shoveling for 7 hours still not able to leave my property (long driveway), I apparently managed to do 13,284 steps, walk 6.64 miles, climb 11 floors, and only burn 1937 calories!

Would be great if someone wrote a "Shoveling app" for the band to detect that exact motion. :wink:

LOL lets hope this kind of app is not needed to often.
Maybe the cold has influence on your metabolism and that is why you only burned a few calories.

 

[Nate Silver]

Probably would have been worth it to put the Band in 'exercise' mode (and shut the screen off to maximize battery life). Probably still wouldn't last 7 hours without some charging breaks, but I hope you didn't shovel for 7 straight hours anyway! :sweaty:

 

[RumoredNow]

...shoveling for 7 hours still not able to leave my property (long driveway)...

That is not shoveling conditions. That is snow blower, snow plow or wait for spring thaw conditions.

Please be careful.

 

[VFC]

My Band 2 logged 10,000+ steps while shoveling snow.

It's interesting that it under counts normal steps (compared to my far more accurate Fitbit Surge), yet gives me 10k step counts when I probably took just a few hundred real steps while shoveling my driveway and sidewalk.

 

[evillama]

My Band 2 logged 10,000+ steps while shoveling snow.

It's interesting that it under counts normal steps (compared to my far more accurate Fitbit Surge), yet gives me 10k step counts when I probably took just a few hundred real steps while shoveling my driveway and sidewalk.

What did the Fitbit log during shoveling?

 

[devbent]

Curious if anybody on the Northeast US side wore their bands while snow shoveling after the storm?

I did, and while shoveling for 7 hours still not able to leave my property (long driveway), I apparently managed to do 13,284 steps, walk 6.64 miles, climb 11 floors, and only burn 1937 calories!

Would be great if someone wrote a "Shoveling app" for the band to detect that exact motion. :wink:

Shoveling snow burns 400-600 calories per hour. If you took a break now and then (and if you didn't I am very impressed!) then 1937 calories seems about right.

(I was surprised at how few calories shoveling snow burns!)

 

[VFC]

What did the Fitbit log during shoveling?

I was not wearing it while shoveling because the "gummy" rubber band on the Surge gets hung up on my coat sleeve.

BTW - That is the main reason I bought the Band 2 (because of the smoother and lower profile design). Now that Fitbit released the Blaze (redesigned Surge), I will probably get one and retire the Band 2.

 

[RumoredNow]

My Band 2 logged 10,000+ steps while shoveling snow.

It's interesting that it under counts normal steps (compared to my far more accurate Fitbit Surge), yet gives me 10k step counts when I probably took just a few hundred real steps while shoveling my driveway and sidewalk.

Band/2 measures arm swing to calculate steps. Shoveling should involve lots of arm swing motion...

 

[jsooney]

I wore mine while shoveling, it was useful for heart rate monitoring. Whenever it hit 150 I would take a breather, so it was helpful in not becoming another statistic in the news. I think there were at least 5 heart attack deaths in the area, either from shoveling or just walking in the snow. I heard the ERs had a lot of chest pain cases too. I didn't notice what it measured for steps or calories though.

 

[ohrigeeta]

So what's a better one between the blaze and band2? Is it true that band 2 cannot control music with BT headset on??

 

[evillama]

Is it true that band 2 cannot control music with BT headset on??

Controlling music/volume works, I use this all the time with my Lumia 950/Band 2/Plantronics BT Headset when I go running. It didn't work at first though, until I discovered there's a bit of a "startup sequence" you need to be aware of probably due to the Bluetooth stack:

-Start a music track on the phone and pause
-Presuming the Band 2 is always paired, turn on the BT headset and connect
-Double-click the Power button which initiates the music control
-Un-pause the music from the Band 2, which should now play through the headset

Basically it seemed that I needed to initiate the music control connection "first" and then have the music play through the headset "second". If you start it the other way around - play music, then try to start the controls - it doesn't seem to want to connect anymore.

Kludgy, and definitely needs some refinement. But technically it does work.

 

[ohrigeeta]

Picking up my band 2 today so excited ! And your music control trick has me even more psyched!!!!!! Thank you))

 

[BlueCube4]

So what's a better one between the blaze and band2? Is it true that band 2 cannot control music with BT headset on??

The Fitbit Blaze will be cheaper ($199) and allow you to change bands (nice leather bands available). Fitbit also has a more mature fitness tracking algorithm and continuous heart rate sensor (taking HR readings multiple times a second vs Band 2's once every 5 minutes). Up to 5 day battery life. Nice watch face selection. It is already on Amazon for pre-order.

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