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Strava Adds Power Measurement Data Analysis, GPX Downloads for Premium Members

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Because boasting the fastest speed or best time isn’t enough. Showing off your raw power numbers is how you really impress. And now Strava will let you compare those figures against your riding buddies. It also compiles them into useable data charts and graphs that help make sense of the info, making them more useful for, you know, actual productive training. They’ve also added HR and GPX tools, which might actually provide enough incentive for some folks to consider upgrading from the quite capable free version.

PRESS RELEASE: Strava has announced a suite of new power meter features for Strava Premium that will help members gain more useful data to guide their training and their overall experience of social fitness. In the same way that they compare segments and ride times, Premium Members will now be able to share and analyze the technical training data that only a power meter can provide.

Strava’s new Advanced Power Training Analysis, available now, dissects and displays power meter data to provide new ways to analyze rides and organize training programs. After uploading their rides, Strava Premium members can dive into their ride data through customizable charts and graphs.

“Advance Power Training Analysis is part of a growing set of Premium features designed to further motivate our athletes, help them train more intelligently, and have fun while doing it,” said Michael Horvath, Co-Founder and CEO. “Smarter, more motivated athletes will perform better and we have a lot lined up to help our Premium members in 2013.”

This initial set of power meter features includes:

  • Power Curve: This graph shows a rider’s average power for time periods from 1 second up to the length of the given ride. It pinpoints best efforts during a ride and lets the user compare them to best efforts over the previous six weeks, current year, previous years, or all time. And the data can be displayed in total watts or watts per kilogram.
  • Power Zones: This seven-zone feature helps users train smarter and more efficiently by dialing in their training zones to see how much time they spend at various effort levels.
  • Power Comparison: Shows users how they attack a ride and compares their performance against their friends, locals and pros.
  • Weighted Power Average: Looks at all of the power variation and provides an average for the ride, which is a better indicator of overall effort than simply taking average power.
  • Training Load: Strava calculates this by comparing power during a ride with the user’s Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and analyzing the load put on the body during the ride. This is helpful for determining how much rest to get after a workout.

Additionally, Premium members can now set custom heart rate zones to quantify the intensity levels of their workouts, download GPX files from Strava.com and load them onto their Garmin, plus set time and distance goals and track their progress week over week. Learn more at www.strava.com/premium.

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dale
dale
11 years ago

Is this talking about real power data that gets uploaded from the garmin or the “guestimate” power data they generate based on speed and distance? If the latter, how do they factor in wind and body weight?

MulletRacer
MulletRacer
11 years ago

Real power data from a power meter.

Now you can compete in w/kg power maxes against your friends. Talk about a weener sizing competition…

Topmounter
Topmounter
11 years ago

Oh wow… I thought “Strava” was something you screamed when trying to get equestrians and hikers to jump off the trail?!?!

Power
Power
11 years ago

PPPPOOOOWWWWWEEEEERRRRR!!!!!!!!

Chipollini
Chipollini
11 years ago

@ topmounter Thank you for that comment, I had a good lolz.

brian
brian
11 years ago

@topmounter—-Crying I’m laughing so hard at mental image;)

Martin
Martin
11 years ago

Attention not to leave your GPS tracks on this kind web site.
Thieves of bike can get back your address.

evan t
evan t
11 years ago

Whenever I have to yell “Strava” it’s because I’m going for a KOM uphill or down with risk, life, limb, and eyesight be damned. It’s only two syllables versus “I-am-going-for-a-personal-record-please-excuse-me-sir / ma’am!”

publishers note: the above was very tongue in cheek.

Chocodile
Chocodile
11 years ago

For those of us that just ride for fun and are confident in their penis size, could they please fix the bugs that started up after the iOS 6 upgrade? I’m pretty sure I didn’t hit 78 mph on my commute yesterday.

Mark
Mark
11 years ago

@Martin. You can set privacy zones in Strava to prevent thieves from locating your garage.

Alex
11 years ago

@Martin The idea that someone is going to break and enter based on Strava is highly unlikely.

kevin
kevin
11 years ago

So if anyone that collects the data to prove that they can race a bike faster than you has a small penis, does that mean that people that avoid all data and measurements have large penises?

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