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Connect Strava

A one-time, read-only authorization that pulls your rides and runs into Adaptive Training — so your fitness, power curve, and form build themselves.

What it does

Adaptive Training reads your Strava activities — type, time, distance, and the power, heart-rate, and cadence streams — and turns them into your fitness/fatigue/form, power-duration curve, durability, and ride analysis. It is read-only: it never posts, edits, or deletes anything on Strava, and your data stays in the single file on your own machine.

Connect it

  1. Open Adaptive Training and go to Settings (left sidebar).
  2. In the Strava panel, click Connect Strava.
  3. Your browser opens Strava's authorization page — log in if you aren't already.
  4. On the consent screen, leave “View data about your activities” checked and click Authorize. Adaptive Training needs full activity access; if you uncheck it, the connection is refused.
  5. Strava sends you back to the app, which now shows Connected. That's it.

Syncing

Your history imports the moment you connect, and Adaptive Training re-syncs on every launch. To pull new rides immediately, hit Sync now in Settings. New activities flow into your Fitness chart, calendar, and ride analysis on their own — no files to move.

Troubleshooting

  • “Adaptive Training needs full activity access.” You unchecked the activity permission on Strava's screen. Click Connect Strava again and approve everything.
  • Activities aren't showing. Hit Sync now in Settings. Very large histories import in the background and fill in over a few minutes.
  • Want to disconnect? Settings → Disconnect clears the connection and its tokens. You can also revoke access any time at Strava → Settings → My Apps.

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