Strava announces coach-designed strength workouts with live set and rep tracking

Strava, the popular exercise-tracking platform, has announced an expansion of its strength training features featuring coach-designed guided workouts. These new capabilities include live set and rep tracking, animations, form tips, and targeted muscle group information. Building upon the company's previous overhaul of its strength training experience, which introduced dedicated workout logs, muscle maps, and more, these updates aim to provide users with a more guided and personalized strength training experience.

Users can now engage in coach-designed workouts that walk them through each exercise, providing real-time guidance and feedback. The muscle maps introduced earlier this year will also update to reflect the completed exercises, giving users a visual representation of their progress. The new experience will be rolled out to subscribers over the next few weeks, with a sample workout available to free users. Even free users can experience the workout, although with limited features.

Each exercise within the guided workouts is accompanied by detailed guidance on correct form, tips, and information about the specific muscles targeted. This level of detail ensures that users can perform the exercises safely and effectively. Once a workout is completed, every exercise, set, and rep is automatically saved to the athlete's activity, and their muscle map is updated to show the effort exerted.

In addition to the guided strength workouts, Strava is also introducing new guided running workouts, as well as additional workout series planned before the end of the year. Looking ahead, the company is working on a feature that will allow users to import strength workouts by uploading screenshots of training plans or notes containing sets and reps. Furthermore, Strava is developing a feature that enables users to create their own workouts easily.

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