The only thing consistent about my Fitbit's "fitness tracker" feature is it's almost comical inconsistency.
Saturday: "You've been maintaining fitness and your readiness is moderate. Aim for 10-34 zone minutes."
I work out on Saturday and exceed the recommendations.
Sunday: "You've been maintaining fitness and your readiness is high. Aim for 20-75 zone minutes."
I take a long walk and spend most of the day at the gym.
Monday: "You've really been pushing it lately and are in danger of overtraining. Schedule some time for recovery to avoid injury. Aim for 1-18 zone minutes."
I take a long walk, hit the gym, and go way above requirements.
Tuesday: "You have been maintaining fitness and your readiness is moderate. Aim for 20-56 zone minutes."
I take a break from exercise though as usual hit my step goal.
Wednesday: "You have been maintaining fitness. Aim for 40-80 zone minutes to get back on track." WTF?
I hit the gym and go way above recommendations.
Thursday: "Schedule some time for Recovery. Aim for 1-10 zone minutes to prevent injury."
I get my steps in and hit 14 zone minutes.
Friday: "You are at risk of undertraining and your readiness is High. Aim for 40-99 zone minutes."
What. the Actual. F?
Add to this the fact that every few days I can do an hour on the treadmill, get 10,000 steps in, and record ZERO zone minutes, and I'm convinced that I should stop reading the Daily Goal paragraph on my Fitbit and just look at the step tracker. That seems to be pretty accurate. Maybe the sleep score too. But I'm done with the Daily Goal nonsense; that feature was clearly programmed by the same people who brought us the Magic 8 Ball method of making decisions.
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