Quadriplegic wheelchair

Interesting question.

I wonder if it might be possible to use a speed/cadence sensor on one of your wheels.  This would allow you to set up an Activity that does not use GPS (should be pretty battery friendly) that would not only give you distance (similar metric to steps) but also speed.

Any chance you could post a pic of your chair?  Might help foster other ideas.

HTH

I guess there must be an issue on my side regarding the translation. Shouldn't "quadriplegic" mean you can't move arms nor legs? If so I don't understand the pushes count. 

Do you mean distance travelled my the electric wheelchair, driven by mouth?

The Strength activity is very sensitive to wrists movement and it should be able to count your pushes.
It also does not use a lot of battery only using gyroscopes and accelerometers.

I can move arms and one leg is strong.  I can't walk for now. With term pushes I mean moving the wheels with my hands.

Nice idea I will try that and see if it works.

Buddy would this be useful -> https://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-bike-speed-sensor-2?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=102610644&kpid=102610644&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+All+Products&utm_medium=base&gclid=*&gclsrc=aw.ds

(My wife is a wheelchair user, and we're still looking into solutions) - although for activities when I'm pushing her I use a footpod.