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A fresh update to Strava is giving strength athletes more control over what they broadcast to the world. The change, detected in the app's recent changes field, centers on a simple but overdue privacy feature: the ability to hide your muscle map and weights lifted before posting a strength activity.
The update text points to a new "Choose what to share" option. If you've been logging sets, reps, and poundage in Strava's strength mode, you can now strip that data from shareables before they go anywhere. The muscle map — that colorful body diagram showing which muscle groups you worked — can be toggled off with an eye icon during activity editing, according to Strava's help documentation.
This matters because strength training has become a serious priority for the platform. Strava's own Trend Report found that Gen Z is twice as likely to choose strength training as their preferred workout compared to Gen X. The company has been investing accordingly, rolling out a dedicated workout log, muscle maps, and 14 partner integrations earlier this year.
The sharing controls appear to work across five strength-specific shareable formats. These are designed for Instagram, Snapchat, and other platforms, and they respect whatever privacy settings you've applied to the original activity. Hide the volume or weight data on your workout, and it won't leak into any shareable image.
I've seen enough fitness apps fumble this exact scenario. You crush a leg day, log everything meticulously, then realize your shareable is broadcasting your max deadlift to people you'd rather keep in the dark about your numbers. Strava's approach here — letting you edit what appears before you hit share — is the right instinct.
The muscle map itself offers three display models, adjustable via a gear icon on the Muscle groups screen. If you trained multiple muscle groups, you can select as many as you'd like during logging. The compact version shows total volume prominently alongside a smaller muscle map, which seems designed for quick social sharing without overwhelming the frame.
All of this is rolling out globally, according to earlier announcements from Strava. The company releases updates on a two-week cadence, so the timing of this specific privacy toggle landing in the wild depends on your app store and region.
For a platform that built its reputation on outdoor endurance sports, Strava's strength push has been methodical. The workout log tracks sets, reps, and weight. Users can review and repeat previous sessions. Now they can also control the narrative around those sessions when sharing them out.
It's a small update on the surface. But for anyone who logs gym work and thinks twice about what they post, it's the kind of granular control that makes a social fitness app feel less like a broadcast network and more like a personal training log that happens to have a share button.