Fitbit Health & Activity Index and Fitbit Track Exercise Option List

While searching for a master list of all the available exercise options to log in my Fitbit app, I came across the Fitbit Health & Activity Index.  Although it may not be the most exciting content online for most people, I ended up finding it to be quite interesting in the information produced from the data. Per the site, "Fitbit evaluated the average number of steps, active minutes, resting heart rate, sleep duration, and body mass index based on aggregated anonymized data from over 10 million users in June 2015-June 2016."


Did you know the national average of sleep for Fitbit users in the United States is around 7 hours and 16 minutes a night?  And the national average of daily steps is 8,170?  The daily recommended step number is 10,000.  The national daily average for active minutes is currently at 27 minutes.  That's THREE whole minutes shy of the recommended 30 minutes a day.  These numbers say we need to be doing more.


I found it to be interesting to peruse the data and see what different types of activities my fellow gender and age ranges are participating in.  I still wish Fitbit would get on the ball and add pole dancing and aerial fitness to their list of activities to log in their app.  I have petitioned for them to add these activities and if you're interested in joining those in favor of these activities, click on over to view and vote for my proposal. As of July 11, 2016, I received an email from the Fitbip app development team stating my idea had been reviewed and submitted for evaluation.  I have not heard anything back about the addition of pole fitness or aerial fitness to the app at this time and hope that we will see these activities added to the list sometime in the near future. 


At this time, I am unable to find a documented or official master list of exercise options I can log in my Fitbit app.  I decided to go through the search and compile my own list alphabetically.  Below are the exercises you can currently log in the Fitbit app exercise log.


A
Archery
Aerobics


B
Badminton
Ballet
Barre Class
Baseball
Basketball
Bike
Bootcamp
Boxing


C
Calisthenics
Canoeing
Cardio Kickboxing
Cardio Sculpt
Carpentry
Circuit Training
Cleaning
Cricket
Cross Country Skiing
CrossFit
Curling


D
Dancing
Diving
Driving


E
Elliptical


F
Fencing
Field Hockey
Fishing
Football


G
Gardening
Golf
Gymnastics


H
Handball
Hike
Hockey
Horseback Riding
Hunting


I
Ice Skating


J
Jump Roping


K
Kayaking
Kettlebell
Kickboxing


L
Lacrosse


M
Martial Arts
Meditating
Motorcycle
Mountain Bike
Mowing Lawn


N
(No options listed)


O
Orienteering


P
Pilates
Polo


Q
(No options listed)


R
Racquetball
Rock Climbing
Roller Blading
Roller Skating
Rowing
Rowing Machine
Rugby
Run


S
Sailing
Scuba Diving
Shooting
Skateboarding
Skiing
Snorkeling
Snowshoeing
Soccer
Softball
Spinning
Squash
Stairclimber
Stretching
Swim


T
Tabata Workout
Table Tennis
Tai Chi
Tennis
Trampoline
Treadmill
TRX


U
Ultimate Frisbee


V
Volleyball


W
Walk
Water Aerobics
Water Jogging
Water Polo
Water Skiing
Water Volleyball
Weights
Wrestling


X
(No options listed)


Y
Yoga


Z
Zumba

Custom Activity Log Option

After doing a little more research, I discovered there is an option to add your own activities to your Fitbit App.  (This was discovered more recently in the months after I'd written the above content. Note: Almost all my blogs are pre-written months in advanced.) So far, I have only been able to accomplish adding my custom activities such as aerial silks or pole dancing through www.fitbit.com via a desktop computer. 


To do this, STEP 1: log in to your fitbit.com account.
 
STEP 2: Click "Log" in the menu bar.

STEP 3: Click on "Activities" in the menu option.

STEP 4: Scroll down the activities section to find the Log Activities box.  To the right, you will see another box labeled "Activities" where you can click the link "Create Custom Activity"

Once you log a workout for the newly created activity, you will then be able to see the custom activity on your list of activities for logging in your mobile app.  😊