Peloton’s Strive Score Is the Latest Way to Track Your Performance

We’re always trying to find ways to help you move towards becoming your best and healthy self. We’ve come up with Strive Score: a personal non-competitive measure that is based around your heart’s beat which is measured using an appropriate heart rate monitor like The Peloton’s Heart Rate Band.

Strive Score measures the amount of time you’re spending at each of the heart-rate zones in order to measure how hard you’re working throughout your workout, from equipment down to your floor. The idea is to give the user an easy method to measure your performance over a variety of exercises, even those that do not have the power of an electronic device, such as the strength, HIIT or bootcamp classes.

How does it work

If you connect an appropriate heart rate monitor to your tablet, you’ll notice your heart rate as well as your Strive Score on your tablet while you workout. The Strive Score of your workout will grow throughout your workout, based on the amount of time you’ve spent in various heart rate zones. If you’re participating engaged in a floor exercise or segment of class you’ll notice that your Heart Rate and Strive Score become the primary measure, instead of the amount of cycling you do.

Based on the general guidelines provided by the CDC we determine the heart rate zone of yours in light of your birthday on your Peloton profile. You can include your maximum heart rate. The heart rate zones displayed on both the All Time and Here Now Leaderboards display the zones of the people exercising and using Heart Rate Monitors. You can choose to not showing other people your heart rate zones on the Leaderboard by going to “Privacy Settings. You can disable this Peleton Strive Score feature at any moment by turning off the option in personal preferences or keep it active and decide not to show it to other students to make it visible only to you.

Once you’ve gotten started with the feature, at the beginning of class, you’ll see the “Typical Strive” for the type of exercise you’ve chosen and is calculated based upon your previous Strive scores for classes of the same size and type. After the class, you’ll be able to look up the Strive Score for that exercise in your exercise history and compare it with your previous workouts.

How do we measure “Strive”

Strive Score is determined based on the amount of time you spend in each heart zone of. You’ll earn an amount of points for every second you are in a zone. If you’re new to working using heart rate zones, this tool will take the calculation out of the process and lets you track your improvement and assess your training by heart rate and “feel.” Keep in mind that everyone will feel different when while exercising, so be sure to put your trust in your body to determine what is right for you.

Zone 1 Zone 1: as high as 65% the max heart rate = 1.

This area should be akin to an active recovery speed or what your cycling classes describe as flat roads. It’s crucial to stay in this area to flush out as well as stretch out your muscles to ensure that you’re keeping your fitness speed and keep your blood flowing.

Zone 2 Zone 2: 65%-75% of max heart rate = 2x

Do not let the term “aerobic” make you think of leg warmers. This is in which you’ll increase your endurance and begin to achieve the look we’ve come to refer to as the “glazed-donut” appearance. There will be some discomfort but you’ll be able to sustain this level of intensity for a lengthy duration.

Zone 3 Zone 3: 75%-85% of max heart rate = 4x

You’ve turned it up a bit, and you’re beginning to feel your breathing becoming heavier and your body getting warm. If you’re talking to instructors, that’s likely only inside your head, but not in public. This level of exertion can last for a long time until you reach the threshold and you’re happy for a few minutes back in Zone 1.

Zone 4 Zone 4: 85%-95% of the Maximum Heart Rate equals 8x

It’s where you’re pushing beyond your previous limits. This does not happen every single day, and shouldn’t continue throughout your training session. These sets can be extremely stressing on both your muscle and cardiovascular system The time you spend there will be only short bursts in effort, such as a strenuous finalist in the gym.

Zone 5 Zone 5: 95 percent+ of Maximum Heart Rate = 8x

You’re at the top of your game and your body is aware of it. You’re sweating, and shaking, you’re on the limits of the limits your muscle are able to endure and you’re calling the full force of your mental strength to continue breathing and moving. To make it to this point safe, you’ll need be well-rested and ready to work hard during this time and know that you’ll fall to a recovery right following. Keep in mind that you shouldn’t stay excessive time in this condition.

We came up with this method of creating the Strive Score after exploring a broad range of current study and consulting experts of the Health and Wellness Advisory Council who share the aim of developing a useful measure that can still promote an appropriate psychological approach to fitness and exercise. Therefore, even though you’ll get more points when you progress to higher heart zone and spend longer in Zone 5 won’t boost your score much more than the time you spend in Zone 4 to prevent you from spending any more time than you’re required for training at your highest heart rate.

Strive Score encourages a greater heart rate, and consequently more intense workouts. We know that this is just one of many concepts that help individuals reach their personal fitness goals. Furthermore fitness goals that include an array of different activities including cardiovascular training, strength as well as balance and flexibility can all be an integral part of a fitness program, as suggested by the health care team of a person’s.

Although this feature is designed to encourage you, it’s not intended to make you push yourself beyond your physical limits or to go beyond the advice of your doctor advised you is appropriate for you. Always talk to your doctor and examine the medical issues that you have before taking advantage of Strive Score Strive Score feature and taking any Peloton classes. If at any point you think this option isn’t for you, you may remove yourself from Strive Score by changing your settings and keep track of your heart rate, but without any score.

Where can I get it?

The feature is now available for all Peloton All-Access and App members. For All-Access members, it will be possible benefit from this feature on any Peloton equipment, as well as the mobile app, Apple TV, and Fire TV.

The choice of the right heart rate monitor

It’s usually an individual choice that comes down to personal taste and personal comfort. Research has examined the types of devices that are best suited to various kinds of sports. For instance, specific chest straps are considered to be more precise particularly when operating at higher speeds, however technological advancements have resulted in a range of wrist straps, watches and arm bands, and even rings that are suitable in the right conditions. Many people choose to wear multiple devices to monitor the heart’s rate (and other indicators) during the day and evening. It’s also important to consider that the manner in which an individual wears the device affects its accuracy . For instance an untight wrist strap might result in inaccurate readings particularly when arm movements are fast.

Peloton’s hardware (excluding Bike+) is compatible with Bluetooth LE and ANT+ heart rate monitors. Also, it is also compatible with the Peloton Bike+ is compatible with Apple Watch.