Setting up your Stryd footpod
Once you’ve received your footpod, follow the setup instructions in the box.
The Wahoo setup instructions are also on the Stryd website.
Once you’ve finished setting up your footpod, you should have:
- created a login to Stryd PowerCenter
- installed the Stryd mobile app on your phone (and paired your footpod to the mobile app)
- connected the Wahoo ELEMNT mobile app to the Stryd app
- paired your Stryd as a sensor to your Wahoo watch
- added power to your Wahoo data screen for each activity type
Height & weight settings
As explained in the Settings for all Watches/Power Meters book chapter, it’s important to ‘set and forget’ your height and weight.
Instructions for setting your height and weight are on the Stryd website.
Height and Weight are entered in the Stryd mobile app (for iOS or Android).
Auto-lap, Auto-pause, Auto-calibrate, Recording Frequency
These settings are explained in the Settings for all Watches/Power Meters book chapter. They are made on your watch, or via the ELEMNT mobile app.
Auto-lap
Auto-lap is enabled or disabled for all workouts, not for each individual workout.
Enabling/disabling Auto-lap is described in Workout profiles on the Wahoo website.
Auto-pause
Auto-pause is enabled or disabled for all workouts, not for each individual workout.
Enabling/disabling Auto-pause is described in Workout profiles on the Wahoo website.
Auto-calibrate
Wahoo watches do not support auto-calibration.
Recording Frequency
When running a workout, Wahoo watches record data ‘every second’.
Adjusting what's displayed on your watch
Wahoo watches allow users to customize which metrics are displayed during activities. Each activity type (run, walk) can have different settings. A guide to adjusting Wahoo activity settings is on the Stryd website.
Because Power is natively available on Wahoo watches, there’s no need to use an additional app – just make sure you move the metrics you want to see to the top of the priority list.
Power Averaging
Power averaging is explained in the Settings for all Watches/Power Meters book chapter.
Wahoo watches offer real-time, smoothed and lap power.
Displaying power, pace and heart rate
Some of the activities in the book ask you to display power, pace and HR on your watch so that you can keep track of changes in those metrics as you begin to experience running with power.
To do this, make sure you move Power (3s average), Pace and Heart Rate to the top of the priority list.
Moving to the next lap
To move to the next lap, press the top right button (with the ‘two arrows’ label).
Additional Stryd metrics
The Stryd footpod offers a number of additional metrics that can be viewed (and analysed) in Stryd PowerCenter, such as Air Power, Form Power, Leg Spring Stiffness, and Impact Loading Rate – see Stryd’s website for more information.
These metrics are recorded in your workout file and uploaded along with your power data. There is no additional step you need to complete to make these metrics available.
Using structured workouts
You can create structured workouts (with multiple steps, often used for interval workouts) using the Wahoo mobile app, or a 3rd-party platform like TrainingPeaks or Intervals.icu.
It’s not (yet) possible to download workouts planning in the Stryd Ecosystem to a Wahoo watch.
Uploading completed workouts
Completed workouts will be uploaded to Stryd PowerCenter once you’ve connected the Wahoo ELEMNT mobile app to the Stryd app (when Setting up your Stryd footpod).
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