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🏃 Feature Friday #2!

Every week we spotlight a FITIV feature. This week: Advanced Running Metrics.

If you run with an Apple Watch, you're already collecting a bunch of form data most people never look at: ground contact time, vertical oscillation, stride length, cadence, and running power. The numbers are there after every run. The question is what you do with them.

Here's where FITIV does things a bit different: we don't just hand you a single average and call it a day. We chart each metric across your whole session, so you can watch your form actually change as you get tired. That's where the interesting stuff lives.

Maybe your ground contact time creeps up in the last few miles. Maybe your cadence falls apart on climbs. Maybe a cue you've been drilling is finally showing up in the data. A season average can't show you any of that, but a curve across a single run can.

You'll also find voice feedback in there, so you can hear a metric mid-run instead of constantly glancing at your wrist. It's the kind of thing that's easy to miss unless you go looking, but it's been in the app for a while and it's worth checking out.

Two things worth knowing:

These metrics come from your Apple Watch, so you'll see them after Watch-tracked runs.

They're most useful tracked over time. One run tells you a little. Ten runs tells you whether that form work is paying off.

Look for them in your post-workout summary, and tap a card to expand the full chart.

Full guide: https://support.fitiv.com/hc/en-us/articles/45676322358164-Guide-Understanding-Advanced-Running-Metrics

Which running metric do you actually pay attention to? Cadence is the easiest one to change on purpose, but we're curious what everyone else trains on vs. just glances at. Or have a feature you'd like us to highlight next week? Drop that in the comments too.

👋 Welcome to our first Feature Friday!

Every week we'll spotlight a FITIV feature. Sometimes something brand new, sometimes an old one that deserves more love. First up: Heart Rate Recovery.

Most apps stop paying attention the second you hit End. But one of the more telling fitness numbers actually shows up after the hard part is over.

Heart rate recovery is how fast your heart rate drops once you ease off. The bigger and quicker the drop, the better your cardiovascular fitness tends to be.

Here's where FITIV does things a bit different: we don't just check your recovery at the end of the workout. We scan the whole session and surface your best 1-minute and 2-minute recovery, wherever it happened. So if you're doing intervals, we'll catch your strongest drop during a rest period instead of only at the end, when you might not want to sit around and wait for the data to be calculated.

You'll get a recovery curve and a rating from Poor to Elite, adjusted for your age and sex. It's a satisfying one to watch over time, because you'll often see it climb even when your pace, power, or weight have barely budged.

Two things worth knowing:

Heart Rate Recovery shows up after workouts that are long and hard enough to actually measure it.

On Apple Watch it's automatic. On a Bluetooth heart rate monitor, hang on for a minute or two of cooldown before ending the workout so we can capture the drop.

Look for it in your post-workout summary, and tap the card to expand it.

Full guide: https://support.fitiv.com/hc/en-us/articles/45676545648532-Guide-Understanding-Heart-Rate-Recovery

Checked your numbers lately? Drop them in the comments. We're curious whether they line up with how fit you actually feel. Or have a different feature you'd like us to highlight? Share that in the comments as well!