Your guides to getting the best out of Strava.
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Multisport
Strava Guide: Why You Need to Join a Club
We dive deep on all things Strava Clubs, and how joining a club might just be the fuel that unlocks your next breakthrough.
Hardloopsessie
Strava Guide: How to Break Your 5K PR, With a Little Help From Strava
Looking to set a new PR in the 5K (or simply want to improve your 5k time?), these three Strava features can help you understand your training and improve your running times.
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Multisport
3 Reasons to Follow More People on Strava
Following people on Strava can be about a lot more than just indulging your curiosity. It can actually be a tool for learning about your sport and finding inspiration.
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Hardloopsessie
Strava Guide: Your Activity Page 101
You've finished your run and tracked it on Strava (yay!) Now it's time to look back on what you did and get an understanding of the information on the screen.
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Multisport
Strava Guide: Features to Take Your Training to The Next Level
Strava not only lets you track and log your training sessions, but also features a wealth of tools that allow you to analyze what you are doing - and help you to progress.
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Multisport
How to Use Relative Effort to Refine Your Training
Relative Effort assigns a “score” to each activity you do, so you can better understand the cumulative effect of training.
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Multisport
Strava Guide: Four Features to Help Level Up Your Training
Want to take your training to the next level? Strava can help you do that. In the latest installment of the Strava Guide, we look at four features that can help you train better and healthier.
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Multisport
Strava Guide: How to Get Started on Strava
New to Strava? We’ve got you. If you're looking to learn about how to get the best out of Strava, let us help. In this guide we'll focus on the first things anyone new to Strava should do.
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Multisport
Strava Routes and Heatmap: Find New Places to Go
Whether you’re visiting somewhere new or simply bored of your regular routes, Strava can provide you with a little mapping inspiration.
Hardloopsessie
How Runners Can Get The Best Out of Strava
From finding inspiring athletes to follow, to planning your routes, there are a number of ways that Strava users can get the most out of the platform.
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Multisport
How to Use Strava Flyby to Hone Race Craft
The Strava Labs feature allows you to visualize where you gain or lose time relative to other athletes, which can help you refine pacing and race strategy.
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Multisport
How to Use Strava’s Fitness & Freshness Tool
Fitness and Freshness enables you to track your levels of fitness, fatigue, and form over time, which can both help you peak for races and prevent you from overtraining.
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Fietsrit
How to Use Strava to Optimize Your Training
Among its many roles, Strava is a virtual competition. This feature can be effectively used to hone fitness, especially when it’s worked into a structured training plan.
Hardloopsessie
How to Use Heart Rate Zones to Improve Your Running
How do you put Heart Rate Zones to use in your training? The answer depends on your current fitness and your goals.
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Fietsrit
Power Meter Guide: The Power Curve, Fitness and Freshness and Hitting Your Peak
In this final part of the Power Meter Guide, we look at the Best Effort Power Curve, Fitness and Freshness graph and see how to use it to peak for an important event or ride.
Hardloopsessie
Understanding Heart Rate Zones and How They Impact Your Training
Using Heart Rate Zones can accelerate your training and lead to huge fitness breakthroughs. So what are they – and how do you use them?
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Wielrennen
Power Meter Guide: The Watts, Whys and Hows of Functional Threshold Power (FTP)
Understanding your Functional Threshold Power (FTP) will allow you to pace your next training session, alpine ride or race to perfection.