Strava Stops Syncing to Apple Health for 3rd Party Data

Edit: This is now a non-story as Strava changed their mind and have put it all back to normal…at least for now.

Many people use Strava and/or Apple Health as an intermediary to get their workouts to or from somewhere else. As of now, this has got a whole lot harder if you ever rely on Strava.

Background

Apple Health is supposed to be the complete repository of all your workouts and health stats. Strava, on the other hand, is supposed to be an accessible, mass-market training platform that got famous due to its segments features.

The Problem

In Strava’s rush to be as accessible as possible they encouraged just about every single sports platform ever to link their data. And just about every single sports platform dutifully obliged. Before you know it duplicates start appearing and, whilst that won’t affect your segments too much, it will affect your weekly totals, training load and more besides. Duplicates are not good.

What’s Just Happened

Strava still links to Apple Health for any workouts created with the Apple Watch or with the Strava app. But if your workout comes from anywhere else like Garmin, Zwift, Wahoo or Peloton then Strava will neither read it from Apple nor send it to Apple.

Source: strava.com (via dcrainmaker)

• Affected: I use a Garmin watch and link Garmin Connect to Strava. Strava sends my data to Apple Health to complete my rings. Solution: Also link Garmin Connect to Apple Health
• Affected: I use the adidas app and link directly to Apple Health. Apple sends my data to Strava to update my segments. Solution: Also link adidas to Strava
• Not Affected: I use the Strava app on my Apple Watch or iPhone to record workouts.

The Solution

The precise solution will heavily depend on exactly what you are trying to achieve with your unique set of apps. However, in general, you will need to set up or disable links between all of your favourite app(s) and Strava and/or Apple Health. Alternative ways to link apps together include RunGap and HealthFit.

Thoughts

I can see this will hack off a lot of people and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Strava continually processes vast amounts of data and they are generally pretty good at working through the ramifications of what they do. I just can’t believe this has been done for any reason other than to ease the load they have to contend with.

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Last Updated on 28 May 2026 by the5krunner

the5krunner

tfk is the founder and author of the5krunner, an independent endurance sports technology publication. With 20 years of hands-on testing of GPS watches and wearables, and competing in triathlons at an international age-group level, tfk provides in-depth expert analysis of fitness technology for serious athletes and endurance sport competitors. ID