Sleep is essential to your health and the quality of your sleep has a very large effect on the quality of your life. The duration, quality and timing of sleep are essential when it comes to emotional regulation, memory functioning and metabolic regulation.
If you are not getting enough sleep, this can have a negative effect on your health and wellbeing, as well as your performance. For this reason, sleep is very important.
Tracking your sleep is a great way to ensure that you are able to understand sleep more and be able to rest and recharge more effectively.
This article will explore how the fitbit tracks sleep. Read on to find out more!
What Is The Fitbit Sleep Feature?
The sleep feature on the fit bit is used to estimate the different sleep stages. It does so by measuring both the movement and the heart rate of the person wearing the fitbit.
The tracker on the smartwatch assumes that you’re asleep when you haven’t moved around for an hour.
Lots of other things are also measured to confirm that you’re asleep. This includes the movements that indicate your sleep behavior, such as how much you roll over.
When you are asleep, your device will track the changes in your heart rate which is known as the heart rate variability. This will determine whether you are in light sleep, REM sleep or deep sleep stages.
In the morning, your device will then use your heart rate and movement patterns in order to estimate the sleep cycles from the night before.
You will be given a fitbit sleep score which is based on how long you spend on each sleep stage and how long you spend awake. You will recieve a score out of 100.
How Do I Check My Sleep On My Fitbit?
On your fitbit you will be able to track your sleep every morning after a night’s sleep. You can also see your averages for the week. These include things like:
- The amount of hours that you have slept that week. You will also be able to see your weekly average of sleep cycles.
- Your sleep score. This will show you your weekly average sleep score and your sleep score throughout the week.
- Your leep schedule. This will include an overview of your sleep for the week. This will include when you went to sleep and when you woke up each day.
- The sleep stages broke down. This will tell you the number of hours that you spent in each sleep stage and the average number of minutes that you spent asleep.
What Is My Sleep Profile?
Every month, your Fitbit will show you a sleep profile which is a broken down version of your sleep for the month. The more sleep that you log, the more closely this will reflect the matterns of sleep.
If you wear your Fitbit for at least 14 days then your sleep profile will be likely to reflect your patterns.
You will be able to check this progress on the first of every month.
How Do I Set A Sleep Schedule?
You can easily set a sleep schedule on your Fitbit. This will help you to meet your sleep goal and maintain sleep patterns. You will be able to either set a bedtime target or a wake-up target.
If you are able to go to sleep at your set time and wake up at your set time, or within 30 minutes of this time, you will get a star on the sleep schedule graph. If you don’t meet both of these targets, you won’t get a star on your sleep schedule.
How Does The Fitbit Estimate The Amount Of Sleep I Need?
If you have 5 or more sleep logs then your sleep goal will be estimated based on these logs. It will work out an average based on this.
You will have a wake up time target that is estimated based on the time you often wake up every day.
You can also put this information in if you want to. Manually set your bedtime and wake up times if you choose to do so.
How To Set Bedtime And Waketime Sleep Targets
When it comes to bedtime and waketime sleep targets, you simply have to follow the steps below in order to set them up:
- In the app, you should tap on the ‘today’ tab and select the sleep option.
- Next, tap on the gear icon which is located in the top right corner of the screen.
- You should then set or edit your targets. You will need to tap the three dots in the top right hand corner of the screen.
- Next, tap ‘done’.
What Is The Sensitive Sleep Setting?
Another way in which your device will record your sleep pattern is if you select either normal or sensitive mode on the device.
If you have selected normal mode, when you make certain movements, your device will record the amount of time that you spend awake. This setting is appropriate for most users.
When it comes to sensitive mode, your device will record almost all of the movements in terms of the time you have spent awake and the time you have spent asleep. This is very useful if you are the type of person who wakes up feeling tired but has slept for a long time.
Final Thoughts
It is important to try and understand how a fitbit tracks sleep. If you are new to the fitbit world, it can be very useful when it comes to tracking your sleep. It can give you lots of information about the quality of your sleep and lots of other things.
This article should have provided you with all of the information you need on using your fitbit to track sleep. Read on for all of the information!
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