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Version 2.9 of Power Tool has a simplified configuration of power and flat pace zones. What's more, it adds an equivalence calculation between them. Here's how it works.

Since version 2.8.58, Power Tool has been calculating an equivalent distance on the track. Here's a brief description of the calculation and its benefits for trail running.

The newest version of Stryd+Zone permits to run training sessions provided by PowerCenter. Here a short tutorial about how to configure Stryd+Zone and Power Tool to use it together.

The heart rate algorithm assumed symmetrical heart rate behavior for deceleration and acceleration. This is not really the case for many runners. Here's how the new algorithm fixes this problem.

The version 2.8.44 of Power Tool can display power and flat pace zones. Here a short description how to configure it.

The treadmill or trail running is a different environment than road running. Some analyses can be transposed from one activity to the other, others cannot. Here is how Power Tool handles them.

Since 2022, Garmin provides through the running dynamics of the HRM-Pro chest strap. But this enters in conflict with the Stryd footpod, here the solution with the newest firmware of the Fenix7.

Garmin Connect has added the ability to program power-based workouts for its own sensors. However, it is possible to use them for a Stryd device with Power Tool and Power Workout

Recently, I discovered an issue with Stryd which produces completely weak results when walking. With the support, we could identify the issue and find a proper solution. Here it is.

The maximum aerobic speed is the speed that can be maintained during its maximum consumption of oxygen. There are a lot of tests to measure it: Cooper test, Conconi test, 9/3... We will see here how Power Tool calculates it automatically after each exit.

Power Tool includes a calculation of the heart rate from running power. It is used to estimate the sensation during a workout. It is now possible to visualize this prediction.

These two data fields dedicated to power display different information depending on activity. Here's how to set them up.

Power Tool and Power Workout for Runner now log the power in the .FIT file, which allows it to be used on platforms without installing the Stryd data field.

Garmin does not support natively power based workouts, but through Connect IQ there are some good extensions perform it.

Power Tool and Power Workout for Runner are now displaying the progress of the current workout step.

An unusual high heart rate for a given effort is often correlated with a session where you felt you were not really in good shape. We will see here how we can deduce the sensation from the heart rate and the power.

'Power Tool' and 'Power Based Workouts for Runner' are now supporting trainings for runner generated by 3rd party platforms.

Exiting is only possible using the menu and not through the standard way using the back button. If you wonder why, it is simply to avoid that the recording gets stopped by inadvertence during a session. Procedure To access the menu, proceed as follows: on touch screen watches: long press of screen on other watches: long press to the menu button. Select the entry “Save & Exit” to save the session or “Discard” to ignore it. Video Tutorials Vivoactive 3 Forerunner 245

Running power represents the propulsive energy while the heart rate is correlated to the energy consumed. The objective of this article is to calculate the relationship between both.

Flat Pace integrates now a race calculator which computes the pace knowing the power. It is displayed just after the ‘pace vs power’ curve and permits to estimate the expected time for the standard races using the mean running power as input (or the power from Stryd’s race calculator). More about: Viewing the pace associated to the power. Click here to see an example.

Flat Pace can now display the correspondence curve between power and pace. More to know how it works.

There is nothing more confusing than using the power measurement of the Stryd sensor when you are used to doing pace-based workouts. And yet there is a solution that makes it simple to interpret while maintaining the precision of the power measurement: the equivalent pace on the athletic track.