What "counts" with nike fuel band? I'm interested in getting a fuel band, but I'm not sure if a lot of what I normally do for exercise will count. I already have the sensor for my shoes, but I'm a little frustrated with it since I mostly exercise on an elliptical and stationary bike doesn't do much for pacing or distance since it relies on your foot hitting the ground. Would the fuel band know when I'm doing these things? Or would it just recognize the elliptical since my arm is moving on that? What "counts" with nike fuel band? I'm interested in getting a fuel band, but I'm not sure if a lot of what I normally do for exercise will count. I already have the sensor for... » Read More What "counts" with nike fuel band? I'm interested in getting a fuel band, but I'm not sure if a lot of what I normally do for exercise will count. I already have the sensor for my shoes, but I'm a little frustrated with it since I mostly exercise on an elliptical and stationary bike doesn't do much for pacing or distance since it relies on your foot hitting the ground. Would the fuel band know when I'm doing these things? Or would it just recognize the elliptical since my arm is moving on that? « Show Less
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When you go on the Elliptical just take it off your wrist and put it on your ankle. It doesn't need to clasp to stay on, as the band grips the ankle pretty well. In my experience it is pretty accurate to what the machine gives you as well. You can also do this on a stationary bike, just put the band where you are experiencing the most movement in your workout.
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I also have attched it to my laces when biking and it gets a fairly accurate reading compared to calorie burn estimates based on weight, time, and intensity.
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The Fuelband works as a general activity monitor. If you don't move the arm or leg it is on during exercise (or walking, etc) it won't register. Still, if you use it to keep you motivated to move more and be active, it's OK. The software which is useful for seeing how you are doing and provides some motivation worked for me only on newer PC's. You are better off with an HRM if you want to gauge workout intensity (calories burned). Those work best with a chest strap, which are uncomfortable to wear all day.
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I ride my bike a lot and just got the fuel band. To track what I have done on my bike, I use the nike+ Running app thats free and out for IOS and Android. The running app calculates nikefuel during the run and once the run is complete, they all sync up together. That's my work around. I will try the ankle thing and see how that goes.
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It will absolutely NOT track stationary bike movement with your hands holding fixed bars. Nike admits this. It isn't great with eliptical either, even with arms in motion. I wore mine for a 40 minute rigorous stationary bike ride and it said I burned around 10 calories Uh, not so much...
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I don't have experience with the sensor.It is designed so any arm movement counts. I have gotten points from sitting in the car because I'm moving my arm with the steering wheel. It's pretty good at gauging how you move.
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I attach it to my shoe laces during spinning. My ankle is larger than my wrist which is possibly not the case for most. But it registers that way.
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So basically then it's like the nike sensor, only in a bracelet form rather than something you put on/in your shoe?
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I have had the band for three weeks. I wear it riding to and from work, 7.5 miles. It registers fuel points of about 800 per trip. I tried putting it on my ankle and it registered basically the same amount of fuel. My ride is on bumpy Anchorage trails and paths, so perhaps it gives me credit for shaking the hell out of it. :)
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Melanie,,,,,,,,,, no one really knows what Nike Fuel is. Nike will tell you it's an algorithm that measures your lifes activities.I could walk 3500 steps in Seattle and get, say , 2860 fuel points. Now two days later I'm 12630 steps in NYC and check fuel out at 2132.If you do as you are ttold it really doesn't need to make sense.Does it?
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Most of my workouts are on stationary or road bikes and in the gym. Without the heart rate monitor, these workouts don't really count. It's best to get the monitor, unless you are moving a lot on non-stationary objects.
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Hi Poly, I am still getting it up and running but pretty certain that it in itself only measures HR. But why it does that is handy for us who love using our smart phones for strava etc is it will translate all the ANT+ from my garmin tools (Cadence/speed sensor, Power Metre, foot pod) into a bluetooth 4.0 signal for your smart phone to read. Some of these are more or less effective on different Apps, Viii own app will receive and show all this information but for instance Strava won't show reading from the power meter. As i said its still new to me but overall Im happy with it. I looked at DCRainmakers review of the product before buying it and he goes very in depth if you want more info. Cheers Hi Poly, I am still getting it up and running but pretty certain that it in itself only measures HR. But why it does that is handy for us who love using our smart phones for strava etc is it will translate all the ANT+ from my garmin tools (Cadence/speed sensor, Power Metre, foot pod) into a bluetooth 4.0 signal for your smart phone to read. Some of these are more or less effective on different Apps, Viii own app will receive and show all this information but for instance Strava won't show reading from the power meter. As i said its still new to me but overall Im happy with it. I looked at... » Read More Hi Poly, I am still getting it up and running but pretty certain that it in itself only measures HR. But why it does that is handy for us who love using our smart phones for strava etc is it will translate all the ANT+ from my garmin tools (Cadence/speed sensor, Power Metre, foot pod) into a bluetooth 4.0 signal for your smart phone to read. Some of these are more or less effective on different Apps, Viii own app will receive and show all this information but for instance Strava won't show reading from the power meter. As i said its still new to me but overall Im happy with it. I looked at DCRainmakers review of the product before buying it and he goes very in depth if you want more info. Cheers « Show Less
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I love my Spark Tracker...but that's because I utilize the Spark People site. I just did a quick search there, and found many articles about spinning (it's NOT what I thought it was, and now I want to try it!) However, the tracker is designed to track your foot movement when you walk, march, jog, etc. it does not really able to track revolutions of your leg...so I don't think it would record that activity well. HOWEVER; one of thing that the site does is allow you to log in your activity, the duration and intensity, and it is able to give you points that you use to track your activity for the day. I know that's a round about answer but fitness is multi-faceted. I love my Spark Tracker...but that's because I utilize the Spark People site. I just did a quick search there, and found many articles about spinning (it's NOT what I thought it was, and now I want to try it!) However, the tracker is designed to track your foot movement when you walk, march, jog, etc. it does not really able to track revolutions of your leg...so I don't think it would record that activity well. HOWEVER; one of thing that the site does is allow you to log in your activity, the duration and intensity, and it is able to give you points that you use to track your activity for... » Read More I love my Spark Tracker...but that's because I utilize the Spark People site. I just did a quick search there, and found many articles about spinning (it's NOT what I thought it was, and now I want to try it!) However, the tracker is designed to track your foot movement when you walk, march, jog, etc. it does not really able to track revolutions of your leg...so I don't think it would record that activity well. HOWEVER; one of thing that the site does is allow you to log in your activity, the duration and intensity, and it is able to give you points that you use to track your activity for the day. I know that's a round about answer but fitness is multi-faceted. « Show Less
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Just went down to check my bike to refresh my memory. There is 1 sensor unit you install on your bike. It houses 2 sensors inside (1 for the magnet you put on your pedal for cadence, and 1 for the magnet you put on your back tire for speed). Then of course there is the heart rate band you put around your chest. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks!
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I attach it a few inches above the back of my knee when cycling and it's able to measure something. I can't say how accurate the burned calories are but it seems like it's close (comparing what it says to myfitnesspal's moderate cycling--my pace--for 45 minutes gives about the same numbers).It would be helpful if someone with a heart rate monitor compared its calories burned with those burned using the BodyMedia on the leg. I'm betting they won't be identical but will be pretty close.
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Karen, The only thing it claimed to do was measure my pulse. It could only do that if I was sitting quietly. It would never register if I had been working out. It died the day after I got it.
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i doubt anything about this machine is correct. It started making a knocking noise about a month in and i didn't have the cycles to get after it. That was about a year ago of course..Going hard for 15 minutes shows 1 mile and about 87 calories for what thats worth. Sure seems like more than a mile. Im guessing some internal sensor broke off and that may be part of it. It quit making that awful knocking sound which is part of why i never got after fixing it, but like i said, i doubt anything is accurate. Amazon put a hold on actually selling these things for a while. Too bad because it seemed like a good unit (in theory).. i doubt anything about this machine is correct. It started making a knocking noise about a month in and i didn't have the cycles to get after it. That was about a year ago of course..Going hard for 15 minutes shows 1 mile and about 87 calories for what thats worth. Sure seems like more than a mile. Im guessing some internal sensor broke off and that may be part of it. It quit making that awful knocking sound which is part of why i never got after fixing it, but like i said, i doubt anything is accurate. Amazon put a hold on actually selling these things for a while. Too bad because it... » Read More i doubt anything about this machine is correct. It started making a knocking noise about a month in and i didn't have the cycles to get after it. That was about a year ago of course..Going hard for 15 minutes shows 1 mile and about 87 calories for what thats worth. Sure seems like more than a mile. Im guessing some internal sensor broke off and that may be part of it. It quit making that awful knocking sound which is part of why i never got after fixing it, but like i said, i doubt anything is accurate. Amazon put a hold on actually selling these things for a while. Too bad because it seemed like a good unit (in theory).. « Show Less
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HiI have one and I had a fitbit.i lime the Basis very much. It does not track a stationary bike yet I think it work great and it keeps me going
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From what I know about the app is that you need to Carry your phone with you when you run. With the watch you upload the data to Nike running. You can probably manually enter the data into your run keeper if you like that for tracking. But the bike website has a route map and such. I personally use the running2win app to track my mileage so it doesn't matter what type of gps watch I use when I run.
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On..I do not believe so.This is closer to a basic, plain vanilla pedometer ...but it does just that....counts steps and distance very well.I just wasted $150 on the Fuel bracelet that did an extremely poor job of counting steps.I could upload to my iPhone...computer, etc.....but it just never counted steps accurately. In fact, if I didn't move my arms, it almost never counted steps!
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did you reclassify the workout after it was posted on the spark tracker page and scroll down to find cycling or Biking. You can reclassify after the spark tracker has uploaded the workout and the time by placing the pointer on the "general exercise" and it will pop up in a bubble to reclassify. Hope this helps.
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i use it on all my cardio but I move it to my shoe since it won't really register your stationaly arms.HTH... not gps
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Mine works on my elliptical and when I'm on my recumbent bike...I put the pedometer on my shoe and it measures half the "steps" since only one foot is "going" up and down.
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I believe the heart rate monitor only syncs with the Nike+ watch and the Nike+ GPS watch requires a USB cord to hook up to a PC. By the way this is by far the best HR monitor I've owned & the GPS does a great job keeping track of pace and elevation for even 6+ hour cross country runs and bike rides. The Google maps of the workouts on Nike website has allowed me to find nearby trails I would have otherwise missed.
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hi, if you have the fuel band on the arm you play tennis with, it counts "quickly", swimming does count and cycling doesn't count.