Every eligible activity earns points. How they’re worked out depends on what was recorded: your effort when heart rate is available, or the distance or duration when it isn’t.
Activities with heart rate
If your app or wearable shares heart rate, we compare your average heart rate during the activity with an estimate of your maximum heart rate (220 minus your age). This gives the intensity level shown on your activity.
Intensity | % of max heart rate | Points per min | Max points |
Very low | 55–59% | 0.8 | 288 |
Low | 60–69% | 1.2 | 432 |
Moderate | 70–79% | 1.5 | 540 |
High | 80%+ | 2 | 360 |
For example, a 30-minute activity at Moderate intensity earns 45 points.
An activity needs to last at least 5 minutes to be scored by intensity. If it’s shorter, or your average heart rate is below 55% (shown as Below zones), it’s scored by distance or duration instead. Activities without heart-rate data show No heart rate and are also scored by distance or duration.
Intensity is a guide to your effort, not a medical measurement. Everyone’s heart rate is different, so move in the way that feels right for you.
Activities without heart rate
Activity | Points | Min | Max points |
Walking | 6 per km | 1 km | 126 |
Running | 8 per km | 1 km | 336 |
Cycling | 6 per 2 km | 2 km | 336 |
Swimming | 3.2 per 100 m | 100 m | 160 |
Rowing | 8 per km | 1 km | 168 |
Canoeing | 8 per km | 1 km | 400 |
Surfing | 6 per km | 1 km | 126 |
Golf | 3 per km | 1 km | 33 |
Workouts, strength and racquet sports | 1 per min | 5 min | 40 |
Yoga and Pilates | 0.8 per min | 5 min | 40 |
Meditation from a connected app | 0.5 per min | 3 min | 15 |
Distance is rounded down, so a 1.9 km walk earns the same as a 1 km walk. Walks and runs recorded with Strove’s activity tracker use these rules too.
Steps
Steps in a day | Points |
6,000–7,999 | 10 |
8,000–9,999 | 15 |
10,000 or more | 20 |
Steps earn points once a day, based on your highest step count for that day.
In-app content
Meditations, yoga and workouts in Strove’s Resources section earn 0.5 points per minute. Meditations need at least 3 minutes, and yoga and workouts at least 5 minutes.
You can earn up to 15 content points a day, shared across all content. Once you’ve earned them, you’re welcome to keep enjoying content, and you can earn more content points tomorrow. This resets at midnight in your time zone.
Why did my activity earn fewer points than expected?
It’s below the minimum for its type, such as under 5 minutes or under 1 km.
It reached the most points that type of activity can earn.
Distance was rounded down to the last full step in the table.
You’d already earned today’s 15 content points (for in-app content).
It synced from more than one app or device. It’s only counted once, and you get the version that earns the most points.
It’s still syncing. If a synced activity updates later, its points can go up but never down.
Sleep, challenges, pathways and Health Check scans don’t earn points.
If an activity is missing or its points look incorrect, contact Strove Support through the app with the activity type, date and tracking app or device.
Points and coins
Each point adds 1 coin to your balance, up to 200 coins a week. Find out more in How points and coins work.
Strove is a wellbeing platform. Points and intensity levels are there to motivate you and aren’t medical advice. If you have any health concerns, speak to a healthcare professional.