Here are some things my Fitbit credits as exercise:
-practicing the drums (sometimes, it even gives me cardio!). It usually classes this as “outdoor cycling”
-practicing the harp (it only logs this about half of the time, probably when I’m practicing faster music, and it automatically categorizes it as “walking;” since I *actually* walk at other times, I recategorized it. There is no option for “musical performance” or “fine-motor handwork,” so I went with “gardening”)
-walking, but only if it’s cold out and only when it feels like it
Here are some things my Fitbit does NOT credit as exercise:
-hourlong yoga classes
-TRX classes (come on! these are no joke!)
-a one-off exercise class I did titled “Best Butt Ever” (I spent about 30% of it making jokes along the lines of “FitButt” to myself), during which I definitely was working more strenuously than when I’m playing celtic music on the harp
Hmmm.
