How do you track your fitness?

Clarke_Boulter_Coach
Clarke_Boulter_Coach Posts: 5
in Training, fitness and health

I’m a cycling coach and I just wanted to share something I’ve found to be an essential tool, that I hope will be useful for those guys new to training.

How do you know you’re building your fitness if you’re not accurately tracking it? It took me some time in my early days to figure this out. Truthfully, I discovered it by accident. When I first subscribed to Strava, I noticed what later became a really useful graph under the ‘Progress’ tab. After a few activities, the graph in the ‘Fitness’ section showed how my fitness was changing (increasing…or decreasing!). It didn’t take long to work out that more consistent training paid off with a generally upward heading line. Of course there’s more to it that that but that is what got me started to being able to accurately monitor my fitness.

I now use intervals.icu, which is a fantastic resource but it does have a bit of a learning curve to it.

I haven’t even touched upon how to optimally structure your training, which is an entirely different rabbit hole to explore of course but this you can learn later. I think the important initial elements when you first start out training is buy a heart rate monitor, buy a good bike computer (and record all your cycling activities), train consistently (perhaps every other day to start with) and track your fitness either using Strava or a free app such as FormBeat.

Does anyone use any other fitness tracking apps or websites to track your fitness?

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