Equivalent Pace
Transform a flat pace into a treadmill speed and gradient combination.
Uphill performance lab
Trail to Treadmill: From trailto treadmill.
Assess, plan and improve your uphill profile.
TRAIL TO TREADMILL
Discover Trail to Treadmill
The idea in 53 seconds.
The tool
Your lab,in your pocket.
Prescribe uphill sessions, assess specific uphill capacities and track each athlete’s evolution from one app.
Prescribe
Turn pace, gradient, elevation gain and VAMpeak into specific treadmill targets.
Assess
Analyse VAMpeak, walking, transitions, efficiency, time to limit and durability.
Track
Compare tests, review history and follow how each athlete’s vertical profile changes over time.
Prescription
Turn references,into uphill targets.
Bring flat-ground references to the treadmill and prescribe specific uphill sessions using pace, gradient, elevation gain and VAM.
D+ Session
Calculate how long is needed to accumulate a specific amount of elevation gain.
VAMpeak
Prescribe uphill intensities from the athlete’s maximum vertical performance.
Assessment
Specific tests,for uphill performance.
Assess different capacities related to uphill performance and build a more complete profile for each athlete.
VAMpeak
Maximal uphill test to estimate maximum vertical performance.
UWC
Assess uphill walking capacity and the transition toward running.
ULTT
Analyse transitions between walking and running on an incline.
EF1 · EF2
Relate external load and heart rate across different intensities and gradients.
Tlim 80 · 90
Measure how long the athlete can sustain intensities relative to VAMpeak.
Durability · SLS
Observe mechanical and performance changes associated with fatigue.
Efficiency
Efficiency,gradient by gradient.
Relate external load to heart-rate response and observe how athlete efficiency changes across different inclines.
EF1 and EF2 assess efficiency at intensities relative to VAMpeak and allow longitudinal comparison over time.
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Low gradient
Analyse the relationship between speed, VAM and heart rate at moderate inclines.
02
Medium gradient
Compare the athlete’s internal response as vertical demand increases.
03
High gradient
Observe how efficiency changes when gradient approaches the most demanding values.
Sensors
Connect your data,when you need it.
Trail to Treadmill can work with external sensors to enrich assessment without making them a requirement for using the app.
Heart rate
Connect a Bluetooth heart-rate strap to record cardiac response during efficiency tests and other assessments.
Running Pod
Use a compatible sensor such as STRYD to add running metrics and analyse mechanical variables.
Independent use
Sensors are optional and independent. You can use compatible app functions without having every sensor connected.
Evolution
Your profile,in evolution.
Compare tests, review history and observe how each athlete’s vertical profile changes over time.
- Test history for each athlete.
- Longitudinal comparison of results.
- Visual profile of specific uphill capacities.
Uphill profile
Longitudinal tracking
VAM
VAMpeakEF1EF2TlimUWCULTT
For coaches
One athlete,one plan.
Trail to Treadmill is also designed as a support tool for coaches working with trail runners who need to translate mountain performance to the treadmill.
“The treadmill becomes more than an alternative to the mountain: it becomes a tool for prescription and assessment.”
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Individual prescription
Adjust speed, gradient, elevation gain and intensity to each athlete’s characteristics.
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Specific assessment
Use uphill tests to build an individual profile of uphill performance.
03
Tracking
Compare results and observe how the athlete evolves throughout the training process.
Methodology
The logic behindTrail to Treadmill.
The app combines prescription, measurement and longitudinal comparison to turn treadmill work into useful training information.
External load
Pace, speed, gradient, VAM, elevation gain and duration.
Athlete response
Heart rate, RPE and locomotor context when available.
Comparability
Use the same treadmill, calibration and protocol whenever you want to compare evolution.
Proprietary protocols are science-informed and should be interpreted within their conditions of use. Trail to Treadmill provides tools for prescription and assessment, but does not replace laboratory physiological assessment.