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 Weightlifting +   HIIT + Strength Training + Stationary Bike +  Pilates + Yoga +  Rebound +  Rowing + VR Fitness +  CrossFit + Circuit Training +   Rock Climbing + Stair Climber + Jump Rope +  Kickboxing +   Online Programs + Obstacle Fitness +   Zumba + Treadmill     As you can see from the list above, there’s a wide variety of ways to get active indoors. Chances are you’ve tried one of these out, but did you record it? If not, why?  In this blog, we'll teach you how to use devices you likely already own (your smartwatch or mobile phone) to record indoor workouts. We'll walk you through how to upload these activities to Strava so that you can benefit from tracking trends and progress over time.   I don’t have a fancy device to record indoor workoutsYou don’t need an expensive fitness device to record your indoor

Today I'm highlighting one of our lesser known features, called "Mute Activity". Let's start with the basics...   How it works Mute Activity: Don’t publish to Home or Club feeds. You can use this option if you want to hide your own activity from your followers’ home or club feeds. A muted activity will still be visible on your profile (in accordance with your privacy controls) and count towards progress charts, goals, and competitions.   This setting must be enabled on an individual activity basis via the mobile or web edit activity screen. To locate this setting on an already saved activity, navigate to the activity in question > tap the ellipses icon > tap Edit Activity > scroll all the way to the bottom and enable the check box next to "Mute Activity". Make sure you hit update activity afterward to save your changes. By the way, did you also know there’s a way to mute an athlete’s activities from appearing in your feed? That’s a blog for another day, bu

You can now add Custom Waypoints onto the routes you create on Web! Insert waypoints anywhere on your route to denote key points like aid stations, bathrooms, views or even when you're supposed to take your next gel. Try it out today under Explore > Create a Route. Place your waypoints on the route, then click the waypoint that you want to customize.  Bonus tip: If you have a compatible Garmin device, these waypoints will transfer onto your device when you sync your route. This means that you will be able to see how far away your nearest waypoint is while on the go— so you never have to wonder "how far until the next coffee shop/aid station/water stop" again. 

Our new maps put one last winter send in your pocket – whether you’re on skis, a snowboard or in trail running shoes.Along with a brand new winter map, we’ve added layers built for every winter adventure:❄️ Avalanche Gradient: Identify avalanche-prone zones before heading out.❄️ Gradient: Gauge steepness to find the best line.❄️ Aspect: See which slopes get sun and which stay icy in the shade.This feature is only available on mobile and is rolling out slowly, so if you don’t see it yet, sit tight – it’s on its way.Subscribers: To check out these new maps, head here: strava://maps/settings. From there, explore, plan your next outing and get stoked.👉 Want to know how we built these layers? Learn more about how Maps keep getting better: https://press.strava.com/articles/strava-introduces-proprietary-map-rendering-engine  

We're happy to announce Strava's integration with the Fi Smart Collar for dogs. The Fi collar uses GPS and the LTE-M network to remotely track your dog, and also tracks their sleep, activity and steps.  Find out more about the Fi Collar Fi automatically records your walks with your dog, and with our new integration these walks will be uploaded to Strava to share with your entire community. When your Fi walks are uploaded to Strava they will include a graphic featuring stats on steps taken, and how your dog ranks among other dogs on Fi. If you’ve been waiting to try out Fi, now’s the perfect time because Strava athletes can access a special offer of $20 off and up to 3 months free. Use the code “STRAVA20” and learn more about the smart collar here Find out how to integrate Fi with Strava To celebrate, we've polled Strava and Fi employees about the dogs in their lives.  If you like looking at pictures of dogs, sit back and enjoy.   Meet the Dogs:     &nb

Some exciting news for Strava users everywhere. Today, Strava announced the acquisition of FATMAP, a mobile app for discovering, planning, navigating and memorializing outdoor adventures using 3D mapping technology. In the near future, Strava users can expect a new mapping experience upon completion of FATMAP’s proprietary 3D mapping technology being integrated into the platform. What does this mean? In the coming months, there will be more tools at your fingertips to holistically discover and plan an outdoor experience with curated local guides, points of interest and safety information. Designed specifically for trails and exploring the outdoor world, FATMAP’s technology helps you to safely discover, navigate and share adventures, even without a mobile connection. The combination of FATMAP’s 3D mapping technology with our data set of activities will make it easier to design routes whether you’re moving on the slopes, in the trails, city streets or neighborhoods.Your experience on

 You put in the work. You earned the kudos. You sweat it out with friends. Now it’s time to relive it all in the best way possible.  We heard your feedback last year. So we made some updates this year: 1️⃣ New features: Enjoy maps and Flyover, take fun quizzes about your friends, and more. 2️⃣ Comparisons to last year: See how you stack up against last year.3️⃣ Customize your Totals card when sharing: Choose cumulative or sport-specific stats, and decide whether or not to include your profile picture and 2023 comparisons.4️⃣ Share video and static versions of your favorite moments: When a picture just isn't enough, let a video do the talking.5️⃣ Free for everyone: Yep! Year In Sport is free this year. Head to your Profile page on the app to soak in all your glory, then go show off your favorite moments. Remember: Year In Sport updates daily through the end of the year, so you’ve got till December 31 to beef up those stats if you still want to get out there. More information about Year

 Have you ever deleted an activity, and then realized later that you want it back? That’s happened to most of us at one time or another. Good news - it’s now possible to restore deleted activities to your Strava account.On the Strava website, select “My Activities” from the drop-down menu under “Training”. Then, click on the “Recently Deleted” tab. You’ll see a list of your deleted activities within the last 30 days.  On the far right side of the list of deleted activities, you’ll see the option to “Reupload” your activity. Once you click “Reupload” your activity will be restored, and you will be redirected to the “Activity Page” page for that activity.  For more details and an FAQ, please refer to our Knowledge Base article 

Hello Everyone. I’m Jane, I work at Strava, and I love e-bikes!  Today we’re going to talk about why e-bikes are so great, the best way to use Strava with an e-bike, and lastly, chat with Mona and Erika, both Strava employees and e-bike enthusiasts. Before we jump into any of that - let’s talk statistics. According to statista.com, the global e-bike  market in 2021 was worth more than $26 billion and is forecasted to roughly double by 2027. E-bikes are becoming increasingly popular worldwide.  We’re also noticing that more Strava members are using e-bikes. The share of cyclists on Strava with an e-bike ride increased 26% in 2022 compared to 2021.  Europe in particular, is embracing e-bikes. So what’s the big deal? Well, e-bikes have a number of benefits.  Benefits of E-bikes: *Convenient Commuting The pedal assist and increased speed makes e-bikes an excellent option for commuting or just helping you get outside to move y

Greetings! What do backcountry snowboarding and dog ownership have in common you might ask? Both have grown increasingly popular in recent years! I’m here to share some tips for maximizing safety and stoke when venturing into the backcountry with your pup.First, meet Lily! My beloved 5-year-old husky/shepherd mix who loves nothing more than a good romp through the snow. Cold Weather and Long Days  Lily’s athletic build and thick fur coat make her well-suited for snowy backcountry adventures. It’s important to make sure that your dog is able to handle cold weather and long days of strenuous exercise. Shorter-haired breeds can benefit from a doggie jacket to help them stay warm in the snow.  Train, train, train! This is arguably the most important piece of advice, but it’s imperative that you’ve developed a strong bond with your dog through consistent training. Training your dog to obey voice commands and stay away from the edges of skis/snowboards is crucial to ensuring a sa

Be the real Local Legend. Gift a Strava subscription. It’s perfect for anyone on your list who wants more from their workouts – and it’s here just in time for the holidays. 🎁 What they’ll getGift them a year of more fun and more progress with premium features. Think personalized workout insights, Goals, Routes and more. (And if you’re a subscriber too, you can finally get them to join your Group Challenges.) ✉️ How it worksIt only takes a few seconds, so you can save the sprinting for your workouts. Just add their details, hit purchase, and your gift will be waiting in their inbox. Strava gifts are digital, so don’t worry about shipping. Make their year and set ‘em up for an amazing 2025. Gift a subscription today. Learn more, including our FAQs, and give a gift here.

Strava is proud to announce that our Live Segments can now be ridden in the virtual world on Rouvy! This exciting new feature marks the first time that Strava Live Segments have been available for athletes recording a virtual activity. Find a supported route on Rouvy with Live Segments to compete against the King or Queen of the Mountain (KOM or QOM) or your Personal Record (PR) if you’ve ridden the segment in the past. While previously the changing of seasons meant that competing on Live Segments would need to cease until the return of warmer weather, the inclusion of Strava Live Segments on Rouvy means that your training and competition can continue all year long.   What is Rouvy? Rouvy is an indoor riding app which allows athletes to ride virtually on real world routes through the power of augmented reality and 3D avatars. Learn more about Rouvy on their website at https://rouvy.com/. What are Strava Live Segments? Live Segments give athletes the ability to compete on Strava se

You can now set default shoes and bikes for different foot and cycle activities!  For bikes this applies to: Ride, E-bike Ride, Virtual Ride, Handcycle, Velomobile Ride, MTB Ride, Gravel Ride and E-MTB Ride activities. And for shoes it works for: Run, Hike, Walk, Virtual Run and Trail Run activities.Thank you to @CreakyCrank for posting this idea and for the 139 votes received from our community. We hope you enjoy this update. How much gear do you have?

For those of you who record your activities on the Strava app, you can now stream your music right from the Record screen. So don’t be shy – drop those playlists below, and learn more about Strava x Spotify here.

At Strava, our mission is to help people live their best active life. For many of us, one of the goals of being active is to maintain or increase fitness. In this article, we'll talk about your Strava Fitness score (available to Strava Subscribers), how we calculate it, and how it can help you analyze your progress. How to view your Fitness Score: Mobile App: You>Progress>Scroll down  You'll be able to view your Fitness score graph over a number of different timeframes and see how your score has increased or decreased over that time period. In the example above, we're looking at fitness over 6 months and we can see it's increased by 2% over that time period. Web: Training>Fitness & Freshness A couple of things to note about viewing fitness on the Web.  You'll notice the web view shows a change of -7 in fitness. This value differs from the value you see on Mobile, because the Web view value is derived from fitness changes over the last 7 days. The Web

Good news! We’re updating our algorithms to make leaderboards more credible, and taking steps to proactively prevent suspicious efforts from appearing on leaderboards – so you can trust that the results you see are accurate. We're withholding from leaderboards any activities that appear incorrectly labeled (e.g. a bike ride getting uploaded as a run) or have faulty GPS data.With these and other ongoing changes, we can better ensure your efforts will get the ranking they deserve and you can trust that the CR, KOM or QOM (plus all the other times on the leaderboard) are the real deal. These changes will be for all activities moving forward – we can’t yet capture past activities. And of course, you can still report an activity if you think there’s one the algorithm missed. Learn more about that here.This is a big undertaking – we saw around 26,000 1-mile running splits that would have been faster than the world record last week! – and the work will be ongoing. Here’s how we’re committing

If you are a football/soccer player or enthusiast, you may find this article interesting. Do not worry if you are not an expert in football, I still miss a few offsides when the referee blows his whistle; or, mix-up some professional players' positions but, as with most things in life, it only takes a little bit of passion to get you somewhere— and, if a person is determined enough, those times spent on street matches with careless abandon for any rule may have been the first crucial step to develop the skills they need to get hired by the best football clubs in the world. Given a few more years of hard training and experience, they could be on their way to winning their first Ballon d’Or. The funny thing about football is that you do not really need a very high budget to play it —where I am from, kids learn how to play it in plazas, rules are secondary, and being the top scorer is what matters the most. Nevertheless, over time they learn that one of the most important elements in foot