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10 July 2026
Getting started: your first week with Strathlon
New here? A quick tour of the five tabs — Plan, Nutrition, Tracker, Coach and Profile — and how your first week fits together. Everything here is free.
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10 July 2026
Reading your charts: weight, deficit and progress photos
Daily, weekly or monthly, your charts always open on your latest data. How to read the trend, the deficit, the away shading — and your progress photos.
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10 July 2026
Your schedule and multi-sport setup
Pick your sports, set a primary, and Strathlon shapes your gym plan around them — showing only what's in season this week. Plus sessions, timers and away mode.
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10 July 2026
Snap your lifting weights, and "explain my gap"
Point your camera at a dumbbell, plate, machine or logbook to fill in your working weight mid-set — and when your predicted and actual weight drift apart, ask your Coach to explain the gap. Premium.
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10 July 2026
Training and eating with your cycle
Four separate opt-ins let your nutrition, training, insights and Coach flex with your cycle — you turn on only the ones you want.
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10 July 2026
Back up and sync with iCloud
Turn on private iCloud backup to keep your training and Tracker history in sync across your devices — while your cycle data is left out of it entirely. Premium.
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5 July 2026
Fitness myths, debunked: what the science actually says
Spot reduction, the fat-burning zone, cheat meals, "toning", detoxes and more — a calm, evidence-first walk through the myths that quietly derail people, with the maths of a sweaty-vs-calm workout and a 1,200-kcal blow-out worked out in full.
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26 June 2026
One coach for training and nutrition — not two apps fighting each other
Most people run a workout app, a separate calorie counter and a notes file to tie it all together. Here's why one coach that sees both your training and your food makes better calls than three apps that can't talk to each other.
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26 June 2026
Calorie tracking, without the chore
Most people quit food logging because it became daily admin. Here's how snapping a photo or describing a meal in a sentence — and Strathlon learning your regulars — makes tracking something you'll actually keep up.
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26 June 2026
Your gym plan should know your sport. Most don't.
Hand a runner, a powerlifter and a weekend five-a-side player the same 3×10 and you've helped none of them. Here's how Strathlon shapes your gym work around the sport you actually play.
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20 June 2026
Getting the most out of your AI Coach
Your coach already knows your plan, today's macros and the exact exercises you're due to do. Here's what to ask, how to snap a meal, and how to use "explain my gap".
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12 June 2026
Your Apple Watch + Strathlon: live heart rate, hands-free
The one-time setup, why you shouldn't also start Apple's own Workout app, and what's free versus premium — with a full gym session driven from your wrist.
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4 June 2026
What happens when your plan ends — or you hit your goal
Time-based completion, the choices Strathlon offers you, and the goal-reached celebration — including what happens if you're a couple of kilos short at the finish line.
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