Cadence
Live · adapting to 14,212 athletes' HRV right now

Train smarter.
The watch tells you when.

Cadence reads your sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate every morning at 5:42 AM and rewrites your week. Push when you're recovered. Back off before you break. The plan adapts — you don't have to.

Start 14-day trial Apple Watch · Garmin · Polar · Whoop
+4.2avg VO₂max gain · 6mo
78%still training at month 3
1,408marathon PRs in 2025
Week 9 · Threshold block
Berlin Marathon · 47 days
HRV synced 8:14am
Weekly load
68% of weekly target
Done
42km
Target
62km
On track
Today · 6:30 PM
Threshold run
38 min
10' warmup130 bpm
4 × 5' @ threshold162 bpm
2' easy between138 bpm
8' cooldown120 bpm
Recovery: ready
14-day HRV · ms
Avg 62 ↑ 8 vs Jan
Feb 15Feb 22Mar 1Today
14,212 athletes training right now · trusted by
Northwind Track Club Vantage Cycling Coast Triathlon FORECAST RUN CO Halcyon Endurance Quartermast Athletic Brightwave Masters Mercury Strength
How it works

The plan reads your body — before you read it.

No more rigid training cycles that ignore the fact you slept 4 hours last night. Cadence adjusts every morning at 5:42 AM, before you wake.

01 ~4 min

Pair your watch

Connect Apple Watch, Garmin, Polar, or Whoop. We backfill 90 days of HRV and sleep to set your baseline.

Apple Watch Ultra 2✓ connected
Garmin Forerunner 965add →
Whoop 4.0add →
02 ~3 min

Pick a goal

Race date, distance, or just "get stronger." We build a 4–24 week periodized plan tuned to your current fitness.

Berlin Marathon · Sept 28
Target time 2:58:42
Hours/wk 7.5
Confidence 84%
03 Every morning

Wake to a fresh plan

If your HRV's down 18%, today's threshold becomes easy aerobic. If you're sharp, we push harder. You just train.

5:42 AM · plan updated
HRV 48ms (−14%). Swapped 12×400m intervals → 45min Z2 base. Recover today, push Thursday.
Periodization

A 12-week plan that rewrites itself.

Most plans pretend you sleep 8 hours and never travel. Cadence builds in base / build / peak / taper, then quietly shifts intensity day-by-day as your body changes.

  • Auto-deload weeks when chronic load gets ugly
  • Travel mode: drop intensity when you cross 3+ time zones
  • Cross-training swaps for niggles & weather
  • Race-week taper auto-tuned to your VO₂max trend
See the science →
Berlin Marathon · 12 weeks
Periodization view
Z2 Z3 Z4 VO₂ Rest
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
W7
W8
W9
W10
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BASE
BUILD
PEAK
TAPER
Chronic training load · 12wk
CTL 68.4 ↑ 14.2
Today
Outcomes

Results, in numbers we'll stand behind.

From 14,212 athletes who logged 6+ months. View methodology →

84%
Athletes who hit their 12-week goal.
+4.2
ml/kg/min · 6mo avg
Avg VO₂max improvement after 6 months.
+38min
avg / night · post-month-2
Better sleep with adaptive load.
78%
industry avg · 18%
Still training past month 3.
FINISH · BERLIN MARATHON
2:58:42
−18:14 vs 14 weeks prior
Hana Ito
Marathon · Tokyo · Member 14mo
Athlete story

"I went sub-3:00 — and stopped fighting my own plan."

I'd run four marathons. Three on rigid PDF plans from coaches who'd never seen my HRV. Every block ended in a stress fracture or a chest cold or a quiet conversation with my husband about whether I was OK.

Cadence pulled my data the first night. By day 3 it was telling me to skip the tempo because my HRV had cratered. I trusted it. Fourteen weeks later I ran 2:58:42 in Berlin — and crossed the line feeling like I could've kept going.

−18:14
marathon PR
+5.8
VO₂max in 14wk
0
missed days, injured
Pricing

Two ways in.
Both adaptive.

14-day free trial. Cancel any time. No annual lock-in.

Plus

$24 /month
$228/yr if paid annually

For self-coached athletes who want the algorithm doing the heavy thinking.

  • Adaptive AI-coached plan, daily
  • HRV, sleep, recovery tracking
  • Race-day predictor (±1.8% accuracy)
  • Apple Watch / Garmin / Polar / Whoop
  • Strava + TrainingPeaks sync
Start 14-day trial
With a human

Pro

$99 /month
$948/yr if paid annually

Everything in Plus, plus a USAT- or NSCA-certified human coach you can text.

  • Everything in Plus
  • Monthly 30-min coach video call
  • Unlimited messaging with your coach
  • Nutrition guidance (macros + race fueling)
  • Race-day strategy session
Get matched with a coach
Pro Coaches

182 certified coaches.
USAT, NSCA, USAC.

Browse coaches →
Marcus Tobin
USAT Lvl 2 · NSCA-CSCS
Marathon, ultras, hybrid
8 PRs coached '25
Priya Anand
USAC Lvl 1 · TrainingBible
Road & gravel cycling
14 podiums coached '25
Yusuf Abara
NSCA-CSCS · CISSN
Strength + hybrid athletes
142 athletes coached
Ines Calderón
USAT Lvl 3 · ex-pro tri
Triathlon · 70.3 / 140.6
3 Kona qualifiers '25
FAQ

Hard questions, straight answers.

Got more? Email [email protected].

Which watches do you support — really? +

Apple Watch (Series 6+, Ultra), Garmin (Forerunner 245+, Fenix 6+, Epix, Edge cycling), Polar (Vantage V2/V3, H10 strap), Whoop 4.0, and Coros (Pace 3, Apex 2). Workouts push to the watch automatically. We don't support Fitbit because the HRV API is locked. Suunto is on the roadmap for Q3.

How does the coach actually interpret my HRV? +

We track rolling 7-day morning HRV against your 60-day baseline (rMSSD, log-transformed to handle skew). A 10%+ drop for 2+ days triggers an auto-deload. Your Pro coach sees the same chart and overrides the algorithm 12–18% of the time based on context the data can't see (work stress, travel, illness). The model is open — we publish the methodology and won't pretend it's magic.

Can I use Cadence without a wearable? +

Yes, but you'll get ~60% of the value. Without HRV we fall back on subjective wellness check-ins (sleep, soreness, motivation on a 1–5 scale) which still produce a reasonable adaptive plan but with less precision. We recommend pairing with a Whoop strap ($30/mo) or a sub-$300 Garmin if you're serious.

Cancellation policy — am I locked in? +

No. Monthly plans cancel inside the app in two taps and you keep access through the billing period. Annual plans are pro-rated and refunded for unused months if you cancel within the first 60 days. Pro plan (with a human coach) requires 14 days' notice to give your coach a clean wrap-up. We don't fight you on it.

Are human coaches actually certified — or are they grad-school interns? +

Every Pro coach holds at least one of USAT Level 1+ (triathlon), USAC Level 1+ (cycling), NSCA-CSCS (strength), RRCA (running), or equivalent. ~38% are former pros or NCAA Division 1 coaches. We list each coach's certs, athlete count, and recent results publicly — and you can read your coach's actual plan before committing.

Body data, handled with care

Your physiology is yours.

HRV is intimate data — it tells a story about your stress, your sleep, your moods. We store it under tight controls, sell it to no one, and let you delete it in one click.

SOC 2 Type II, audited
Independent audit yearly. Latest report Feb 2026, no exceptions.
No data brokers, ever
We don't sell aggregated body data to insurers, advertisers, or research vendors. Even anonymized.
One-tap data export
Download everything as CSV or sync to TrainingPeaks. No retention games.
When to stop training
If we see red-flag patterns (HRV crash + RHR spike), we tell you to call a doctor — not push through.
Next plan update · tomorrow 5:42 AM

Start training in 7 minutes — free for 14 days.

Pair your watch, set a goal, and wake up tomorrow to a plan that knows you. No card on file. Cancel from inside the app.

14,212 athletes training · 182 coaches · 1,408 PRs in 2025