# Treadmill Tracking **URL:** \ **Category:** Akrasia\ **Created:** [April 22, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329 "2025-04-22T04:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/1 "2025-04-22T04:06:16Z")
Hi, I checked the integrations listed on the BeeMinder website, but there weren’t any specifically for what I’m trying to do. Are there any Beeminder integrations whereby I can track my speed on a treadmill and the duration of that speed? I specifically want to aim for 4 - 5 days per week of walking 80 minutes at a time at 3 mph. I’m especially interested in what other people have already tried. I’m guessing some combination of IFTTT and/or Zapier will be needed. Thank you very for any help. ---
**Author:** ![kyle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kyle/32/5633_2.png) [@kyle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kyle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/2 "2025-04-22T04:53:38Z")
Aiming for 4-5 days/week is going to be hard - you would likely need to set your goal firm at one of those options. If you want to give yourself a bit of leeway I will often set at task at a rate of 0.8 / day which mean that i’m doing a task roughly 5.5 times per week. You might try to lower that 0.8 to something that fits between your two goals. For tracking time and distance, I wonder if tracking the distance might be the best way to go about this? @3mph for 80 minutes that means your walking 4 miles right? So, if you track 4 miles you should reach what you are aiming for, though if you walked faster than 3mph then it would negate that result. I use Apple Health to track my steps and there is a lot of options, I think you can track miles walked as well. I know there are integrations for Strava and other solutions too. ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/3 "2025-04-24T20:01:11Z")
If you have a fitbit you could also track [zone minutes](https://support.google.com/fitbit/answer/14236509?hl=en). I used to have a treadmill desk and found that I wouldn’t reliably earn steps since I was using my computer, meaning my hands were relatively stationary. Though for that kind of usage you might not be getting a lot of zone minutes either. So all to say I guess it depends on how you use the treadmill as to how straightforward or not it’ll be to track with Beeminder. ---
**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/4 "2025-04-24T20:36:13Z")
Hi Kyle, Thank you for the info. Tracking distance could work as long as it’s on the treadmill. Would you happen to know of a device that’s android compatible for tracking distance? ---
**Author:** ![acer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@acer](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/acer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/5 "2025-04-24T20:39:07Z")
Hi Narthur, Thank you for your help. Does Fitbit work well for tracking distance on a treadmill? My phone’s android. ---
**Author:** ![jolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jolly](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/jolly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/treadmill-tracking/12329/6 "2026-09-07T22:27:31Z")
Fitbit is bad at tracking treadmill usage esp if you type/game etc. I 1) use an esphome device to log power usage and use that to log minutes walked to my treadmill goal. 1. working on a lifespan treadmill to beeminder integration