What Your Strava Fitness Score Really Means
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
00:00
Understanding Fitness Metrics
This chapter explores the various metrics used to measure fitness, with a focus on power output and heart rate. The speakers discuss the limitations of traditional heart rate measurements, especially during high-intensity workouts, and highlight the importance of concepts like normalized power and training stress scores for cyclists. They also critique Strava's fitness scoring system, emphasizing the need for a more balanced approach to training that incorporates lower-intensity and long-distance efforts.
Transcript
Play full episode
