A:Answer The Fitbit calculates steps by the motion you take in your walking stride and other motions; i.e. moving your arms. Here's an article from the Fitbit website you might want to read. https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-my-tracker-count-steps
However, this is my third Fitbit; and as with all of them, the steps calculated are not always accurate. Motion plays a big part when recording steps. I thought the Blaze would have solved this problem for me, but it did not. For example, I like to garden. When standing still or kneeling and using any type of arm motion, it is recorded as a step. If you are doing a 90-day, 10,000 Step Challenge, your steps taken might not be accurate. Mine were not, and I had to disqualify myself. The Fitbit Blaze is nice, but it's not accurate enough for me.
