Sports Technology Glossary
This glossary defines non-branded terminology used across endurance sport and the technology built around it. Entries are grouped into eleven reference pages, each covering a distinct sport, discipline, or technology category. Where a term applies across multiple sports, such as a physiological metric or a sensor technology, it is defined once on the page where it is most at home and cross-referenced elsewhere rather than repeated.
The glossary sits alongside the site’s specifications database, which covers individual device models rather than terminology. Readers looking for a specific watch, sensor, or platform’s technical specifications should consult the specs database; readers looking for what a term means should use this glossary.
Glossary sections
- Running: race terminology, running form and biomechanics, training and intensity zones, and road or track conditions.
- Cycling: race and event terminology, riding disciplines, bike fit and components, and aerodynamics and power.
- Swimming: stroke technique, pool and open-water terminology, and training and equipment.
- Triathlon: race formats, transition terminology, and concepts specific to combining three disciplines.
- Hiking: navigation, trail and terrain terminology, and safety and shelter.
- Strength Training: movement and programming terminology, and gym equipment.
- HYROX: functional fitness race format, station terminology, and competition and scoring terms.
- Sports Sensors: physiological metrics, motion sensors, positioning and power measurement, and optical and hardware sensor terminology.
- Sports Ecosystems: file formats, platform concepts, and data synchronization terminology.
- Sports Technology Brands: electronics, GPS watches, sensors, and the software platforms built around them, covered and uncovered by this site alike.
- Sports Hardware Brands: shoes, bikes, helmets, and other physical equipment brands, covered and uncovered by this site alike.
