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I find the fitness trend tracker really frustrating. As far as I can tell it makes an assumption that every day you don't log something in Strava, your fitness declines by x% and also makes assumptions about the incremental fitness you gain from each activity. Given that not everything I do is logged on Strava (shocking, I know) this is totally inaccurate. However, you have all the data you need to work out actual fitness, as, over time, I will do similar workouts, at similar levels of effort and you have all my HR data.  For example, if I do a 5k run in September at a certain speed and HR, and then I do the same run (or similar) 4 months later at the same HR but faster, you know my fitness has increased. You must be able to build an algorithm that calculates some index of fitness by comparing my HR, relative effort, speed etc etc, regardless of how many sessions I have actually logged. ... View more

The suggestion is to add an opportunity to customize split size/length. The use case is interval training, running, or cycling. For this type of training, 5min splits don't suit well, as the split times are not representative. It would be nice to be able to set a pattern of splits. The pattern can be based on time and/or distance. Whenever users start training, they can select a split pattern they want to apply. The simplest solution is adding a text field, describing a pattern of intervals by some documented syntax. Examples: 5min;((1min;40sec)*5)2min)*3;4min - this pattern describes 5min warm up, the 3 sets separated by 2min slow tempo, each set contains 5 intervals separated by 40sec slow tempo. The result is 35 splits. Users can write in another way to avoid adjacent relaxing splits. It's up to users to decide. 1km;((300m;100m)*5)400m)*3;1km - similar pattern describing distances instead of times. 5min;((300m;30sec)*5)2min)*3;1km - combined pattern, both time and distances. Also, you may come up with some UI to handle this. ... View more

When doing MTB and sometimes gravel, might be required to carry the bike on your shoulders. This effort is different and requires specific skills. Some segments include hike a bike. It would be great if an algorithm could detect and distinguish (for example based on power, cadence and lack thereof despite movements) the time spent hiking a bike, so as to account separately for that type of effort. Is it something you'd consider? ... View more

We’ve all been there, going out for a ride and forget our HR sensor, it runs out of battery, or refuses to synch. I see no reason why previous exercises with HR and Watts synched up couldn’t provide an estimated (and depending on who you ask, perhaps even more accurate) Relative Effort number for that workout/activity, so as to better and more consistently track our training. ... View more

Hi, What do you guys think about introducing a second point system to stay motivated for Zone 2/endurance training? It would be great to have a second scale for endurance points alongside the fitness points. During periods of endurance training, the fitness points start to drop. However, if I could see an increase in my endurance on the second system, that would be reassuring for me cheers   ... View more

Let's say you manage your PB in 5min and 20min power in May 2024, while you haven't broke those records in 5 previous years. That means you have got stronger (while fitness graph today tells another story based on your training regiment- which is basically totally useless regarding your power numbers). So, power graph shows your numbers comparing to a previous season of your choice, but what I'm suggesting is a trend graph/ development graph that shows your best power numbers development.  Intervals.icu show kind of the same thing, but comparing to heart rate, which is nice, but a little too complex. Strava could maybe let you choose your development graph comparing to your "how did that ride feel" which we fill out after every ride upload to strava.  ... View more

I would like to easily track how my fitness is improving over time.  I think the best data for this, that Strava already captures would be heart rate at a given constant wattage over time.  For example a 200 watt chart, with date on the X axis and hear rate on the Y axis.  The activity pie chart for HR zones in not useful and looking at the data one activ ... View more

Hi Strava  As we all know, hydration is paramount during activities and I've been finding myself running out of water (even though I carry lots of water on board) and struggling to find a public water fountain somewhere near me to refill. I would like to see a public water fountain layer added to the map so that at anytime Strava users can pause their activity look at their map and find a water source nearby.  Just a simple water drop symbol and selecting the water drop on the map would show location details. Public fountains can be added by Strava users on routes and once verified by another Strava user, it can become a permanent feature on the map.    In Australia, the fountains are simple water poles with a faucet but can be difficult to find in large parks or open spaces.  Hope the idea gets considered as I believe it will keep athletes safe whilst training, especially during the Summer months. Cheers Trajce.       ... View more

You'll probably think this is a silly request but I'm half serious. You should have a 'nap' activity option. My friend and I who run and cycle a lot frequently need naps to recover from our workouts, which we think is a healthy way of recovering and maybe if we could rack them up in our activities we'd be more likely to take the naps we need. We also had a good laugh at the idea. What do you think....a little bit of fun and you never know how appreciated it might be.  I already have plans for the nap KOM and my friend for the Nap sprint segment. 🙂 ... View more

I am using third party apps to record MAF and Zone2 activities. I would love it if this alert was pre-integrated into the Strava app. the MAF idea is easy, you take the age of the athlete and subtract it from 180, then prompt for other sub categories such as overweight, injuries (subtract an extra 5) and arrive at their targeted MAF Heart Rate and have the App alert the athlete when they exceed the heart rate so they can slow down and stay on track. For Zone 2 alerts, record the athlete speak into the device's microphone and record a small phrase that equals 1 1000, 2 1000, 3 1000, 4 1000, 5 1000, 6 1000, 7 1000, 8 1000 if they take a breath from 6 1000 and onward, that is their Zone 2 max heart rate/pace if they take a breath before 6 1000 then they are cycling or running too hard and need to back off. have the runner re-calibrate every few weeks if they are training 3 or more times per week, and if they stop training have them re-calibrate to get an accurate measure for their Zone 2. ... View more

It would be great to be able to tag/add non-workout notes to the fitness and freshness graph. I'm often curious as to why I had a particular dip, was that my back injury from a few years ago? Maybe when I moved to a new city? etc. etc. Or to add more positive things, this is when I joined the local running group or started to change my running style etc. etc. ... View more

Please create a button to download the "Fitness index" All time historic download in TXT file, or other similar file format (.cvs or .txt), in order to make cross analysis/graphic in Excel or other application in PC. ... View more

Recently, a friend of mine started with hula hooping as a core-strengthening training. She noticed however that hula-hooping is as of yet, not available as a selectable training option. We consider this as a dissapointing discovery, given the long history and intercultural importance of this activity. For instance, hula-hooping has been covered in 39 languages in wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_hoop). In comparison, a selectable strava activity such as pilates only has 38 language entries: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilates). If pilates is deemed a strava-worthy activity; then Hula-hooping should be as well! As of yet, not many studies have investigated the fitness benefits of Hula-hooping, but the few studies that did, find significant fitness benefits compared to controls, further strengthening our stance that Hula-hooping is a viable exercize, see: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25268284/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31216547/ So, in short: please add Hula-hooping as a selectable activity in Strava. It would make the world a tiny bit of a better place. ... View more

As the title.  Of all the stats that Strava offers, it's only the elevation gain one that really appeals to me.  It'd be very useful to have a scoring system for every ride based on a ratio of elevation gain to distance, for comparison with my own rides and others, and it may quieten down a few people who rave on about their average speed but don't do much hill work. ... View more

It would be great to add a feature that allows you to calculate an estimate of a future workout by inputing the distance, average HR, time, etc. To ensure the next workout is within the suggested effort. This will help users to be able to not over train or train too little. ... View more

It just hit me the other day. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, reasons why I'm exercising at this stage in my life is the get all the mental benefits of exercising, not necessarily to improve all my performance parameters. Of course it's great the maintain or improve your stamina, see burnt calories, speed etc, but what I would love to see is all the mental health achievements I made for me and my brain for each specific activity. I have two small children, I'm diagnosed with depression, I stress alot, I have relationship problems like everyone else. All of these things are destructive for your brain. You need to balance that and help your brain survive. And exercising is the best medicine. I'm not sure of the science behind all of this, but I'm picturing different KPIs or even just visual graphs explaining all the great things you gave your brain. Just like "burnt calories" maybe there's someway to calculate the dopamine effect. Or it could even be different mental health insights based on your activity, i.e "Great workout! 30 min of exercising helps you sleep better" or "Repeat this type of workout at least two times these week to better help you cope with everyday stress" or even "This workout improved you dopamine levels by 20%". I know the last one is hard to calculate and nothing could be an exact representation of the reality, but with some science based foundation behind it maybe something is possible. KPIs and progress indicators exist to help you improve and should motivate you. But if your motives are different from the current available KPIs then there's definitely something missing in the app. ... View more

Hello team, it would be great to incorporate Historical Max HR trend into Strava, I could not find it anywhere. And no, I'm not referring to the HR performance analysis within the activity one just uploads, I'm referring to being able to check how one Max HR has been in weeks, months or years combining different or all activities together historically. Hope I explained myself if not let me know, I can show you an screenshot of other apps that already incorporate this for years now. This helps a lot to people like me who trains based on HR performance. Thank you. ... View more

I think adding an option to recalculate the relative effort of the past activities according to current heart rate zones would be very useful.  MOTIVATION: After changing the HR zone setting from default to custom, the Relative Effort chart on Fitness & Freshness page gets messed up because the past activities are not recalculated according to the new setting. Consequently, the overall chart is not useful in comparing the current fitness level with the fitness in the past. Similarly, Relative Efforts before and after the HR zones modification are not comparable. EXAMPLE: In the past few weeks, I trained more intensely than before, but my Relative Effort chart is constantly in a downhill trend since updating my HR zones a month ago. See the picture below. IMPLEMENTATION: The recalculation of past activities should be made optional and not happen automatically when HR zones are changed. After all, HR zones need to be adjusted regularly because they naturally change over time. In this case, when HR zones are regularly adjusted to reflect the actual physical change in HR zones, the global recalculation of past activities would not be desirable and the HR zones adjustment should impact only the newly added activities. On the other hand, when HR zone setting is changed initially to match the real HR zones, the recalculation is necessary. Ideally, to make it maximally flexible, the option to recalculate past activities should not be global but rather it would come with another option to specify the timeframe of the activities which should be recalculated on the basis of the current HR zone setting. This would be especially useful for anyone who got new HR zones some time ago, but for any reason did not adjust them in Strava settings immediately after he got them.    ... View more

When I look at the "Relative Effort" section of my rides, I see a graph called "Weekly Effort." This graph usually makes no sense.  If I look at the ride on Monday morning, it will compare my effort for that one day to the entire week prior and always tells me my efforts are below average. It would be much more helpful if the graph and analysis were done on a rolling 7-day basis.  It would be helpful to know how I'm doing for the last week vs the prior week, no matter what day I look at it. ... View more