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Closer Look: Tips to create your own power-based workouts

* Do you have a favorite running workout that you have always wanted to execute using running power? * Are you ready to convert your pace or heart rate based plan to be based on running power? * Do you want to add some extra excitement to your power-based training with a special

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Closer Look: Discover the key patterns that are boosting your fitness with Stryd’s trends

You will be able to discover the key patterns that are boosting your fitness — and be able to correct the ones that are holding you back — with the help of new trend graphs and filtering options in the Stryd mobile app. Let's take a look at the new features! Note:

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Closer Look: Tag your runs to discover new insights in your Stryd data

Are you looking to spot trends in your data — without the complex process of transferring all of your data to a spreadsheet and sifting through it yourself? Do you want simple insights that inform you what updates you need to make to your running routine? Do you want these insights

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Closer Look: Master the basics of running power quickly with our 'Intro to Power' plan

Are you just getting started with Stryd? Are you returning to training after a long lay off from running? Do you already own Stryd and want to shift your training to power? If you answered 'yes' to any of those questions, Stryd's 'Intro to Power' plan is perfect for you.

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Closer Look: Learn from every workout with intelligent 'planned vs completed' breakdowns

Did you accomplish what you set out for? Can you improve during your next workout? Are you learning from every workout? Now, you can answer those questions. Stryd provides a 'planned vs completed' workout breakdown that makes it easy to see how well you are completing your planned training on

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Closer Look: New training plans & import from Final Surge, TrainingPeaks, and 2PEAK

Are you looking to make run training more effective and time efficient? Stryd’s power-based plans have finally arrived to deliver optimal training guidance. We have a full suite of plans to get you started with Stryd, prepare you for any race from 5K to Marathon, build your base fitness,

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Closer Look: Train at the perfect intensity with guided power-based workouts on your watch

When you run at the right performance-enhancing intensity, you get all of the intended benefits of your training — without overtraining. Our Stryd app for Garmin watches (Connect IQ 3.0+) and Apple Watch make running at the right intensity easy. With this app, you can import your daily workouts to

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New: Training that keeps you in the sweet spot along every stride of your running journey

Today, we have a major feature announcement that will plan and guide you to “sweet spot” running during every training session. Let's take a look at what this update is delivering. What is 'Sweet Spot' training? Nearly every runner has hit the “sweet spot” at points in their running journey.

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Run through: Can you execute sweet spot training year round with Stryd?

What will your first 30 days of training with Stryd look like? With our new training ecosystem updates, you can overhaul your training routine, master the basics of running with power, learn your exact racing capabilities, and begin to perfectly pace every run with Stryd. Here is how we recommend

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At your next A race, you will be certain you can achieve your dream performance with the new Race Power Calculator

Today, we are releasing two new features: Race Power Calculator on PowerCenter & the Event Planner on the Stryd mobile app. This is one of the most important feature releases we have ever had because it will enable the next step of the running power revolution... It shows you how the

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Never overrun a shoe’s lifespan again with mileage alerts & shoe tagging features in new app update

Today, we are releasing a new update to the Stryd app that makes it easy to track the mileage you have put into each of your running shoes. You can: * Ensure that you never overrun a shoe's lifespan again with mileage-based alerts * Keep a log of what shoe you used

PowerCenter

The trick fast runners use to consistently defy father time with "youthful" performances

Aging is not all that big of an impediment to your goals as a runner. If you look at results at just about any race, you will find runners of all ages running fast times. For example, there are a handful of 60+ year olds running sub-3 hours at the

PowerCenter

What kind of runner will you be a year from now?

A runner's secret weapon is long term thinking. Long term thinking is necessary because running fitness is built about as slow and as gradual as any kind of fitness you can build up. While it may take a long time to build up fitness, that can be viewed as a

PowerCenter

If you want to run but don't know what workout to do, Stryd will help

When you have an unexpected urge to run on a rest day, what workout do you choose to do? Often, the go-to pick is an easy run. This is a great choice as it is a low stress way to satisfy your urge, without disrupting your structured training. However, an

PowerCenter

Fear the runner who has practiced one skill 10,000 times

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee Here is an old quote from a famous martial artist, Bruce Lee. Bruce advocates for the mastery of a single skill through

PowerCenter

Give us 3 runs and we'll show you how hard you can push your next workout

Many runners believe that their primary challenge to getting faster is not working hard enough. They have been conditioned to blame their work ethic for their failures and decide to double down their efforts. This tactic pays off in the short term. But, there is always a limit on how

PowerCenter

Solving the problem of pride vs bravado with the Power Duration Chart

Here is a tough question to answer that involves a choice of personal pride vs bravado. What would you rather have? Option #1: Better Time You just had an admittedly mediocre performance on a sunny and cool day on a fast course that surprisingly still resulted in a personal record

PowerCenter

Why is nobody talking about the new Running Stress Balance feature?

When we released the Running Stress Balance chart to our iOS app last year, we were a bit skeptical that it even worked. Why? We usually hear Stryders singing from the rooftop about how and if our new features are working. That didn't happen with this launch. Instead, the customer

PowerCenter

Obeying the immutable law of stress with Running Stress Balance

Have you ever felt like you are pushing your training too hard but you run anyway because your training plan demands it? Don't you hate it when you finish a run and regret that you even completed it because the resulting stress from the run is more than you expected?

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Robust runners are built with the "My Training" chart

To run a faster endurance race, you need to become more robust to stress. The best endurance runners can finely tune their robustness to stress at a very specific running duration and running intensity. In the example of a marathoner, their body can handle a high intensity for the exact

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Here are the features we took from the old PowerCenter and improved in the new PowerCenter

The new PowerCenter introduces a lot of great new features, like the Running Stress Balance history and a faster, in-depth analysis view. However, we did not want to pull the plug on all the features that you already enjoyed in the previous generation PowerCenter. Instead, we have taken nearly all

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Update your profile to see how your metrics stack up

The new Training Distribution feature in the new PowerCenter compares your Fitness, Muscle Power, Stamina, and Endurance against similar Stryders, grouped by age, gender, and race goal. In order to accurately compare you against the Stryd Community, these three pieces of information must be accurate! Please do the following to

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Introducing the new PowerCenter - New Stryd Power Analysis Platform

The new PowerCenter lets you extract more insight out of your pre-existing running power data in as few clicks as possible. You are going to love this update because you will be: - a smarter data analyst that has fun discovering new insights about yourself in your data - a

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New Stryd Update Names Your Runs For You | Android

If you build up too many runs, the old ones are basically as good as gone because it will be too hard to go find them again. We hate that. All of those runs made you who you are today. Past activities should easily be pulled up when needed – not

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Stability firmware update for new Stryd | Firmware 2.1.3

Today, we have a stability and bug fix update for the new Stryd [https://blog.stryd.com/2019/06/27/announcing-the-new-stryd/]. We encourage all new Stryd owners to update to this new firmware for a more stable Stryd experience. How to update * Update instructions for Android>> [https://support.stryd.com/