What is Formbeat?
Formbeat is a cycling analytics dashboard that takes the models coaches and exercise physiologists use (fitness and fatigue tracking, Critical Power, aerobic efficiency) and explains what they mean for your next ride in plain language. Link Strava or Garmin once and your whole ride history flows in; every ride after that syncs itself, including indoor sessions from Zwift, ROUVY, and other virtual platforms that pass through Strava or Garmin. You can also upload FIT, TCX, or GPX files or log an activity manually.
The pitch is less "here's a wall of charts" and more "here's what today should look like": open the app in the morning and it suggests a session matched to how you're actually recovering.
Key Features
Readiness-based daily suggestions
Each morning Formbeat weighs your recent load and recovery and proposes the workout that fits, and flags when the right call is a rest day.
Fitness, fatigue, and form tracking
Classic performance-management modeling across multiple timeframes, with a calculated optimal training load and a heads-up when you're drifting toward overreaching.
Power analysis
Critical Power and W' (your "anaerobic battery"), automatic FTP detection that notices when your FTP has improved and suggests an update, power curves, and per-ride intensity, variability, and decoupling numbers.
Aerobic efficiency
Tracks watts per heartbeat over time, a base-building measure most platforms bury.
AI coaching
An AI coach grounded in your actual data: ask about pacing, training priorities, or what a ride accomplished, and it answers from your power history and recovery state rather than generic advice.
Multisport support
Cycling is the focus, but running, swimming, rowing, and strength training sync and count toward your load.
Who It's For
- Committed cyclists without a coach who want structured, science-based guidance from their existing Strava data
- Data-curious riders who find TrainingPeaks-style platforms opaque and want the same models explained clearly
- Zwift and ROUVY regulars whose indoor work should count toward one coherent training picture
How does the Strava integration work?
Connect your Strava account once and Formbeat imports your full ride history, then syncs every new activity automatically, including virtual rides from Zwift, ROUVY, and similar platforms that reach Strava or Garmin. Garmin Connect is supported as an alternative source, and you can upload FIT, TCX, or GPX files manually.
Is there a free version?
There's a 30-day free trial with every feature included, but no permanent free tier. After the trial it's $6/month or $4/month billed annually, cancel anytime. Formbeat plants a tree for every new subscription.
Do I need a power meter?
The deepest analysis (Critical Power, W', FTP detection, aerobic efficiency) is built on power data, so a power meter or smart trainer gets you the most. Rides without power still sync and count toward your training load.
