

I've tried to avoid as much as possible the new GC, since I have just HRM so all the extra stuff doesn't bear on my usage.īut they do have food logging then, and when MFP is syncing directly with GC, does it bring meal totals or meal items also into GC? True - they'd rather have your eyes on their site with ads. That's what I suspected - Fitbit stuff doesn't go back to GC. If anybody has any suggestions, I’d be all ears. Manually erase MFP activity from Fitbit and keep Strava activity in Fitbitīut this steps requires me to manually erase the duplicate activity after every activity I track, so I decided to not use this setup.

Synced MFP activity gets synced to Fitbitħ. Uploaded GC activity gets synced to Strava and MFPĦ. Link GC to MFP, MFP to Fitbit, GC to Strava, Strava to FitbitĤ. > Again, no harm done, but I liked seeing the different stick figuresĭoes anybody know a better setup to properly sync activities across MFP, GC, Fitbit and Strava without the above shortcomings?ġ. > As I personally track the details of my GPS activities with GC, there is little loss, but I would still prefer to have the info on my Fitbit dashboard as wellģ.Ěll of the stick figure icons in my Fitbit exercise list are standing stick figures regardless of activity type, instead of biking/running/working out stick figures, depending on activity type. > No practical harm done, but I personally prefer the simpler namesĢ.Ěctivities in Fitbit no longer show the distance and pace of my GPS activities My activities in Fitbit get an unappealing name such as ‘Running (jogging), 5.2 mph (11.5 min mile) (MyFitnessPal) at Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 7:56AM’, instead of ‘Run’ However, there are some drawbacks to the above setup.ġ. ** This also means that my indoor workouts tracked with my Garmin will now get synced to MFP and Fitbit without having to track the activity on both my Garmin and Fitbit devices. * This means that my Garmin activities still get synced to Strava, but Strava activities no longer get synced to Fitbit. Synced MFP activity gets synced to Fitbit Uploaded GC activity gets synced to MFPħ. The way I solved the duplicate activities from my Fitbit was to:Ħ. Linking MFP with GC and MFP with Fitbit ended up duplicating my Garmin activities in Fitbit I wanted to have my activities synced across all four platforms I wanted the accuracy of my Garmin device over my Fitbit tracker for my activities I wanted to sync my food consumption, which was logged via MFP, to both Fitbit and GC Once MFP came into the picture, things had to change, because: This way, I would be able to get my HR reading from the more accurate Garmin HR strap, as well as GPS data from my Garmin device into my Fitbit dashboard. For indoor activities, you have to record with both Garmin and Fitbit devices. * This only works with GPS activities, not indoor activities that do not get synced to Strava (ex: indoor weight lifting). Synced Strava activity gets synced to Fitbit

Uploaded GC activity gets synced to Stravaĥ. Track GPS activity with Garmin device and NOT with my FitbitĤ. I track all my activities (road running/trail running/weight lifting/cycling) with my Garmin Fenix 3, and use my Fitbit Charge HR for daily HR tracking.īefore starting MFP, I had no issues uploading my Garmin connect data to my Fitbit and Strava.ġ.Ĝonnect Garmin to Strava, and Strava to FitbitĢ. I had issues syncing activities across all four platforms, and since I couldn’t really find a clear solution, I will post how I have my four platforms connected and synced without duplicate entries. I've been a Garmin Connect (GC) user for 4 years, a Strava user for 2 years, a Fitbit user for 5 months, and a MFP user for less than a week.
