@jkorngold It’s a bit of a process, but here’s what I figured out to do. Perhaps there’s an easier way. Or perhaps someday SYSTM will let us download a CSV file directly and save all the trouble. My instructions assume you are at a computer. I’m doing this from a PC. I think it is similar for a Mac.
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You get the .fit file by sharing a workout with yourself via email. To do that:
- Go to Settings>Authorized Apps and turn on “Send completed activities to your email”
- Then go to your calendar and open up the activity you want. Click the three dots next to the the Edit button and click on Share. Click share. Don’t worry if it is already shared with other apps. In my experience, it doesn’t duplicate.
- Go to your email and open the shared activity. The download the .fit file. If you want, give it a memorable name.
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Now you have a binary file with all the data you want in an unreadable format. After much experimentation and searching, I found a free app called GoldenCheetah. Not the best in the world, but it successfully converted my fit file to a csv file that excel could read.
- If you’re comfortable, download it and install it.
- Open GoldenCheetah. Ignore error messages (I always get one about the R library), set up an athlete (I just put in my name), then click the athlete name on the list or otherwise cause the main window to open.
- Click Activity>Import from File and select your .fit file. The import will appear to freeze halfway through. Just click Save and it seems to work fine.
- Select the file from the left side and click Activity>Export. Pick a location and type a name.
Now you have a .csv version of your .fit file. At least the ones from SYSTM come with data in one second increments. Enjoy!
And let me know if you come up with an easier way.