Step counting

So are you saying that none of the activities will be added into my daily steps? Or they will automatically add in regardless of activity?

they will automatically add in regardless of activity?

Yes. Whether you record the activity or not, the steps will be added. Assuming you haven't turned this function off on your watch.

Oh ok. I presumed if holding the buggy handlebar that steps won't be added thats why I was recording it as a walk or cardio 

That's correct, steps will be inaccurate if you're holding onto a buggy or anything that limits arm movement. When I'm doing this, I put the watch in my shorts/pants pocket. This will record your steps more accurately.

So would it not make more sense to just record my activity as a walk or cardio in order to add the steps rather than have to take the watch off?

No, because steps are still recorded based on the internal accelerometer of the watch, and as tmk2 said, it is totally independent of the activity recorded - My Fitness Device is Not Accurately Counting Steps

So steps are not at all recorded during activities such as cardio or walking?

Steps ARE recorded, but only based on the accelerometer and movement of your watch, not because you started an activity or not.

Ok that's what I wanted to know. I thought the distance would be calculated into steps