To think my Fitbit isn’t working properly?

[SeptimusQuench]

I’m on level 2 of the 30 day Shred. I finish each 20 minute workout an exhausted sweaty mess, yet my Fitbit doesn’t recognise it as exercise although it does give me about 12 active minutes.
Why? It had no problem with Davina (with whom I barely perspire these days).

Thanks fellow Fitbit and Shreddy folk

Doesn't base it on your heart rate and when you hit a 'zone', so although you've exercised for 20 mins, you've actually only been in the zone for 12.

My fit bit would count a particularly vigorous walk as active minutes if my heart rate hit the zone.

Yep, definitely sounds like it's not recording properly. I'm always amazed that I go for a 20 minute stroll to the shops and it records exercise (and my heart beat has hardly moved). So if anything I find the Fitbit a bit over zealous in recording exercise.

You can log it as an exercise though... my fitbit doesnt pick up my body balance class but i go in afterwards and log it as an exercise and my fitbit adjusts my stats accordingly.

That’s it. If I go for a brisk walk it says my heart rate’s reached peak zone and I’ve burnt 200 calories or whatever, but I KNOW that my heart rate is higher, for a consistently longer period (short of breath, “heart in my mouth” feeling) when I’m working out.

It’s annoying. I feel pathetically grateful for the approval of an inanimate object to reward me for all that exhausting hard work And if I add it manually it feels like cheating!

Nah its definitely not cheating.. mine only logs some of what i do in body pump and thats a really hard class so i go in and manually add it as bootcamp as its the closest i can think of