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How Does Strive Work?

Quick answers about competitions, activity tracking, weigh-ins, privacy controls, reminders, and how Strive works.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to get started.

Connect a supported activity source, create or join a challenge, and follow your group on live leaderboards. Find answers about tracking, measurements and privacy below.

How does Strive work, and what challenges can I join?

Strive brings activity tracking and group challenges together on iPhone and Android. Connect a supported health source, create or join a challenge, and compare progress on a leaderboard. Challenge types include steps, distance, exercise minutes, move calories, weight-loss percentage, body-fat percentage and BMI.

How do I weigh in with a smart scale?

Use your scale manufacturer’s app to record the measurement on your phone. When the data is available through your connected health platform, open Strive’s Weigh In screen to record the latest measurements.

What if I don’t have a smart scale?

You can weigh in manually from the Weigh In screen. Enter your body weight and body-fat percentage; Strive can calculate BMI using your profile information.

How is weight-loss percentage calculated?

Weight-loss competitions compare the change from your starting weight as a percentage of that starting weight.

Can competitors see my body measurements?

Competitors do not see your raw weight, body-fat percentage, or BMI. Competition views focus on the change used to rank participants.

Can I limit how my measurement history is shared?

Yes. Strive includes settings that let you reduce sharing of measurement trend information while still preserving the data needed for competition results.

Why do some people have more measurement history than I do?

Strive can only display history available from the data sources you use. Regular weigh-ins create a longer trend history over time.

How are steps, distance, exercise minutes, and move calories recorded?

Strive uses activity available from supported health and fitness integrations. Recording workouts and keeping your connected data source current helps Strive reflect your activity accurately.

Can I limit how my activity history is shared?

Yes. Sharing controls can limit activity-chart visibility, while the activity needed to calculate competition standings remains available to the competition.

Why do some friends have more activity-chart history?

The charts depend on how much activity history is available from each participant’s connected source. Consistent activity tracking produces richer historical charts.

How does Strive keep people engaged during a competition?

Competition reminders and result notifications can help participants stay engaged and see where they rank. These notifications can be managed in Settings.

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