In summary, Elisabeth Sivertsen uses the training app Strava to share and comment on training sessions, which gives her motivation when she runs alone. Strava is used as a social medium, where users can share their training sessions in the same way as a picture on Instagram. Training apps such as Strava have replaced traditional training diaries and created a new social environment for training enthusiasts, believes Magnus Trosdahl of the Norwegian Athletics Federation. Running is the most popular form of exercise among Strava users, and women are slightly more active than men when it comes to publishing sessions, according to the app. Elisabeth Sivertsen started using Strava more actively after she had a health problem, and she finds great joy in being able to share and give motivation to others through the app. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Elisabeth Sivertsen is one of several who have found joy in using the training app Strava. Nordmøringen uses the app as a social medium. – Of course I meet people on a run, I might ask for their Strava, she says. Now the 27-year-old can easily share, like and comment on others’ sessions. It provides motivation when she is out running alone. Elisabeth Sivertsen gets motivation from seeing others publish their sessions. Photo: private – Do you feel that the app can have negative consequences? – I don’t feel anything about it. If you are very concerned with comparing yourself to others, it is not the best place to be, says Sivertsen, who posts all his sessions himself. – There are people who do not publish their runs if they feel the pace is not fast enough. I think it’s idiotic, because it motivates more to show what is real. Screenshot from Strava: Elisabeth Sivertsen is happy to share her first 10 km. Photo: Strava Meiner Strava is the new Instagram Andreas Langeland Røbech (20) has also been using the app for quite some time. He uses it actively for personal development, but also to keep an eye on his friends. – It’s like Instagram, only you post your sessions instead. It was Røbech’s father who showed him the Strava app. It started with cycling, but has quickly shifted to running. For Andreas Røbech, training has been an important part of the everyday. There is never a session without a smart watch or mobile phone. Photo: Private – Now I work in the armed forces. For me, the analysis and statistics of the sessions have been important for my development. The training app Strava wrote to news that it is generation Z who are most active in the app. And women are considerably more active than men when it comes to publishing their sessions. Do you use the training app Strava? Yes, I’m addicted! Never heard of. You don’t need apps to train. I am familiar with it, but do not use it. Show result Social training diary Magnus Næss Trosdahl, head of events in the Norwegian Athletics Association, is himself bitten by the jumping bug. He says that training apps provide a good social environment. In addition to being able to save all your training sessions. – Here the training apps have probably replaced the old training diaries. Different factors that influence Trosdahl says that figures from the Norwegian Athletics Federation show that it is running that is in the wind at the moment. – It is perhaps the simplest form of exercise to maintain health. All you really need to do is put on your running shoes and you can get out and run. Magnus Næss Trosdahl believes that the running activity will go in waves. Photo: Privat He believes that self-realization also plays an important role both for one’s own performance and sharing on social media. – We want to test our bodies, set new records and achieve new goals. Trosdahl says that achievements in the sporting world and influencers also contribute to the fact that running has become popular. – We have athletes who do quite well in Norway during the day. Here we can mention Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, for example. But he also believes that the training apps can have some negative consequences. – There can quickly become pressure to show off, and that you do it for others than yourself. He thinks it can be unfortunate to compare yourself to others. – It is not a given that an exerciser should achieve or follow the same results and training as a professional athlete, says Trosdahl. Share for joy It was when Elisabeth Sivertsen had problems with her health that the training app became more relevant. – I fell ill a few years ago with chronic migraines. Being able to share and give motivation to others has given me more joy. Elisabeth Sivertsen needed to get out. It was too tight at the training centre. Photo: Privat It was a group on Facebook that led her to discover several people who also struggle with headaches. Most of them were active on the training app, which made it easy to share experiences with each other. – It has been a great help. We can now cheer each other on, even if we don’t meet in real life. Published 31.07.2024, at 11.21
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Running is in the air – many use the training app Strava to document running sessions – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
