Turn Any YouTube Video Into an Interactive Workout

GPX import is for POV route videos. The category matters because the telemetry setup options are based on the category selected when the workout is created. Choose a POV_* category, such as POV Walk, POV Run, or a cycling or other POV equipment category, during the initial Create step. Once the workout is created, the category is locked for that workflow.

1. Go to Create/Edit and create a new YouTube workout.
2. Select the correct POV_* category before clicking Create.
3. On the workout landing page, open the Telemetry panel.
4. Choose your GPX or Strava TCX file and click Import GPX / Strava TCX.
5. Review the generated telemetry in the editor and adjust anything that needs tuning.

When you import GPX into a video with a POV Walk or POV Run category, YouTread sets the primary telemetry line to speed. When the category is cycling or another non-walk/run equipment type, YouTread calculates the primary telemetry line assuming it is controlling power.

Another important setting when importing a GPX file is in your user preferences. It is the Grade for 100% setting. This tells YouTread what real-world grade should become 100% of your equipment's incline or resistance range. For example, if Grade for 100% is set to 6%, then a 3% hill becomes about 50% of the available incline or resistance range.

Those percentages are what end up in the workout timestamps. Each timestamp stores the workout's primary and secondary control values as percentages, then the player maps those percentages to your selected equipment profile and supported device range during playback.

If the GPX file includes timestamps, YouTread preserves that timing even if the route is longer than the video. If the GPX file does not include timestamps, YouTread spreads the route across the video duration and uses 50% as the default speed baseline before terrain and preference mapping are applied.

AI Analysis is for coach-led videos where the instructor gives workout cues such as speed, incline, resistance, power, intervals, recoveries, or effort changes. It is most useful for Coached_* categories.

1. Go to Create/Edit and create a new YouTube workout.
2. Select the correct coached category during creation.
3. After the workout landing page opens, find the Telemetry panel.
4. Click Initiate AI Analysis.
5. Wait for the analysis job to finish. The page may show that telemetry is processing while the job is queued or running.
6. When telemetry is attached, open the telemetry editor and review the timing and values.
7. Save any corrections before making the workout public.

AI works best when the coach gives clear spoken instructions and the workout has a structured format. It may be less accurate when the video is music-only, has unclear audio, gives vague effort cues, or changes intensity without saying so. Treat AI telemetry as a strong first draft, not as a certification that every timestamp is perfect.

If the video is not coach-led, use GPX import for POV route videos or manual telemetry for full control.

Session racing lets you add saved sessions as ghost racers before starting a workout. You can race your own previous sessions, and when available, sessions from other users on the same workout.

1. Open a workout landing page.
2. Look for the available workout sessions section.
3. Click Add to race on one or more sessions. Select one session for a 1 vs 1 race, or select multiple sessions for a group race. You can select up to 10 ghost sessions.
4. Click Race selected ghosts.
5. During playback, compare your current progress against the selected sessions.

A 1 vs 1 race is useful when you want a simple head-to-head target, such as racing your previous best session or matching another user's pace. Group racing is useful when you want several benchmarks at once, such as an easy target, a realistic target, and a stretch target.

This is useful when you want to repeat a route and measure improvement, chase your previous best effort, pace yourself against a steady session, or make an indoor workout feel more competitive. It can also help you choose a realistic target for a hard interval workout or a hilly route.

Ghost racing uses workout progress and session timing. It is meant for comparison and motivation; it does not change the workout's telemetry or permanently edit the workout.

Use bias controls for temporary changes during a workout. Bias controls let you raise or lower speed, incline, power, resistance, or other supported settings on the fly without permanently changing the workout. This is best when you want today's session to be easier or harder, or when your equipment responds differently than expected.

Use Make Customized Copy when you want a permanent version tailored to you.

1. Open the workout you want to customize.
2. Click Make Customized Copy.
3. YouTread creates a private copy owned by your account.
4. Open the copied workout landing page and use Edit Telemetry.
5. Adjust the speed, incline, power, resistance, playback speed, or timing values in the editor.
6. Save the edited copy.

If you own the original workout, you can edit its telemetry directly once telemetry exists. If you do not own it, make a customized copy first so the original creator's workout is not changed.

My Favorites are workouts you saved with the star button. A favorite can be your workout or someone else's shared workout. Use My Favorites when you want quick access to workouts you like, want to repeat, or want to keep handy without owning or editing them.

My Workouts are workouts owned by your account. These include workouts you created and customized copies you made from other workouts. Use My Workouts when you need to edit metadata, add telemetry, make a workout public or private, verify ownership, request telemetry certification, or manage your own drafts.

Both are available from the category dropdown on workout list pages. My Favorites filters to saved workouts. My Workouts filters to workouts where you are the owner.