How do I use Cadence Fuel?

How do I log my food?

Open any meal slot on your dashboard and choose how you want to add food. There are four ways to log:

• Barcode scanner — point your camera at any packaged food and Cadence pulls the nutrition data automatically.
• Food search — search by name across a full food database. Adjust the serving size before logging.
• Describe and log — type what you ate in plain language. Cadence breaks it into logged items with estimated macros. Useful when there is no barcode — restaurant meals, home cooking, or anything you have built from memory.
• Recipes — browse the recipe library and tap to log. Every recipe scales its ingredients to match your meal target for that slot, so you are always hitting the right number rather than a generic portion.

You can mix and match — log a recipe for your main and add a scanned snack on top. Cadence adds everything together.

How do I save a meal to log again quickly?

Once you have logged a meal you eat regularly, save it so you can re-log it in two taps next time.

1. Log all the items in the meal slot as normal
2. Tap the three-dot menu in the top corner of the meal
3. Choose “Save meal” and give it a name

Saved meals appear at the top of your food search so they are easy to find. Each time you log one, Cadence uses your current serving sizes — not locked to what you saved.

How do my daily targets work?

When you open Cadence each morning your calorie and macro targets are already set based on what is on your training plan for the day.

• Training days — carbohydrate targets increase to fuel your session and support recovery. The harder the session, the bigger the shift.
• Rest days — carbohydrate targets pull back. Protein stays consistent to support ongoing muscle repair regardless of load.
• Per-meal targets — your daily total is split across each meal slot so you know how much to eat at breakfast, pre-workout, lunch, and dinner — not just in total.

What is the recovery window?

In the 45 minutes after a training session your body absorbs nutrients more effectively than at any other point in the day. Protein drives muscle repair. Carbohydrates start restoring glycogen. Eating the right things in this window makes a real difference to how well you recover.

Cadence opens the recovery window automatically when your session ends:

• Your macro targets for the window shift to a protein-forward split
• A notification prompts you to log your recovery meal
• The window counts down and closes after 45 minutes

You do not need to set anything up. Just log your meal when the prompt comes in.

How do I connect my training devices?

Go to Connections in your account settings. Most athletes need just one of these:

• Apple Health — the simplest option. Grant access and workouts from Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, and any other device that syncs to Apple Health come in automatically.
• Strava — connect your account and completed activities sync directly.
• Intervals.icu — connects both planned and completed sessions, so your targets update based on what is on your schedule before you start.

Once connected, workouts sync in the background. You do not need to import anything manually.

How do I track my sweat rate?

Your sweat rate tells Cadence how much fluid you need per hour of training. Everyone is different — a single test gives you a personal target rather than a population average.

To run a sweat test:

1. Weigh yourself immediately before your session
2. Note the temperature and humidity
3. Record how much fluid you drank during the session
4. Weigh yourself again immediately after
5. Log the test in Cadence — your sweat rate is calculated automatically

Your hydration target updates as soon as the test is saved. Run the test in different conditions — hot, cold, humid — to build a fuller picture.

How do I share my nutrition with my coach?

Open your account settings and tap “Connect a coach.” Share your invite link or QR code and your coach can connect from their Cadence account.

Once connected, your coach can see:

• Your daily targets and what you actually logged against them
• Macro compliance across your training block
• Your session fuelling data

Coaches can leave comments directly on your log, adjust your targets when your training demands it, and send you meal plans and recipe suggestions. You stay in control of what is visible.

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