Strava Features

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.

Whether you’re visiting somewhere new or simply bored of your regular routes, Strava can provide you with a little mapping inspiration.

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.

The Power Curve plots your peak performances across various time periods, helping you understand the type of rider you are and how to improve.

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.

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.

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.

How Heather Jackson uses zones to maximize her training, recovery and readiness in a jam-packed race schedule

How do you put Heart Rate Zones to use in your training? The answer depends on your current fitness and your goals.

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.

Using Heart Rate Zones can accelerate your training and lead to huge fitness breakthroughs. So what are they – and how do you use them?