What is the Peak Score?
Your PEAK Score is a daily indicator of how close you are to your peak form. It blends multiple inputs to show not just what you did, but how your body is responding. The score is built from three main pillars:
Wellness data: your self-reported sleep, stress, recovery, mood, soreness, a physical test and overall health.
Training load: the stress of today’s and recent sessions, adjusted for duration, intensity, and activity type.
Objective signals : if you use a wearable, the app can sync resting heart rate (RHR), heart rate variability (HRV), and respiration rate (RR).
Importantly, PEAK Score isn’t static, it learns from your history. The calculation begins after 4 days of consistent input, becomes more reliable after 14 days, and sharpens again after 28 days. Instead of guessing, PEAK Score gives you a clear, evolving compass for smarter training and recovery decisions.
What do the Peak scores mean?
Above 100 means today you have a higher likelihood of hitting a PB.
80-99 means you’re in great shape and training should be intense.
60-79 means training intensity should be applied with caution and you should communicate with your coach as to how you are feeling.
less than 60 means discuss with your coach as to what the best session is for today
What do I need to log daily?
Log your Wellness, Training Load and sync your wearable Health Stats daily to get the most accurate Peak score. Remember to log ALL your training load, not just the hard session. Walking, mobility sessions or even shopping being on your feet will add to your daily load.
In addition, logging the details of your training session and how you felt about it, any Recovery you did and any Niggles you may have felt, it adds more relevance to each data entry and allows for better self-reflection on the session and communication with your coach
Why do I have to log daily?
The more information you input the more accurate your Peak score will be and the better insights you will gain. The Peak score will allow for the odd miss but it does affect its accuracy.
Peak is the most efficient digital training, wellness and communication tool for athletes so why wouldn’t you use it daily?
What is the Wellness score?
The Wellness score is derived from the daily “Wellness questions” you answer and compares to you over time. The questions are on Sleep duration, Mood, Recovery, Sleep quality, Stress, Health and a Physical perception question, and are randomized from a pool of questions each day so you don’t get bored. It takes less than 60 seconds to fill out.
Studies have shown that regular monitoring of these gives better insight as to how you are performing than using wearable data. Track these daily and become in tune with how you are feeling and what areas need more attention.
Why is my Peak score different to my Wellness score?
The Peak score is influenced by today's Wellness score but also compared to its 28 day average. We then factor in how hard you have been training recently compared to how hard you normally train (Workload Factor). If you have wearable connections bringing in objective data like resting heart rate (RHR), Heart Rate variability (HRV) and Respiratory Rate (RR) these will contribute to your Heart-Lung Recovery index (HLR) which will also influence the Peak score for the day.
What is Training Load and why is it important?
Load is calculated by your training time multiplied by your effort. Because some activities are harder on breathing (eg. running) and some are harder on the muscles (eg. strength training) there are two questions to answer.
Logging training load is important as it gives the best information as to if you are overtraining or undertraining and will be reflected in your Peak score.
Can you explain the Training Load graphs?
Use the graphs to compare your daily to weekly load, or your weekly to monthly load, to see if you are training at the correct intensity. The graphs show your 7 day and 28 day averages for easy comparison. Talk about this with your coach, look at the data trends or use the Wellness Wizard for more insights.
What is the Physical Test?
The Physical test is part of the daily Wellness log. It is either a test or a question about how you think you are moving today. Perform this at a time that best suits you each day. It will take anywhere between 10 seconds and one minute. It will give you a better perception of how you are feeling physically from one day to the next and how ‘ready’ you feel for training.
What are the Health Stats?
If you have a wearable device connect it to PEAK.app and it will sync automatically. This will increase the accuracy of your Peak Score and allow you to track this over time. If you do not have a wearable, it's OK, PEAK^ has been designed for this as well. It will not affect your result (though does reduce some of the accuracy).
In the Graphs section you can monitor your Health stats and compare it to your load and Performance for extra insight.
What is the Niggle section?
The Niggles section allows early recognition of potential injury and stops them from becoming more serious. If you have a niggle fill this in after a session so you can address it immediately with your team as well as use it to highlight patterns that can lead to prevention in the future.
What is the Recovery Section?
Recovery is an important part of being an athlete but its effects are individualised. Log each session and increase your PEAK score for that day. Over time you’ll work out which methods have the biggest impact and when. This can be a super power for performance.
What is the Performance Section?
Record those Personal Bests here! Insert a video, write down what led to this being your best ever so we can learn from this in the future. Peak will collect this data and what led up to it (Wellness scores, Load etc) and help you find your sweet spot for performance via the PB Predictor (only in Premium subscription and above).
What is the Wizard AI?
The Wizard AI is a unique feature of our premium subscription. It's been developed from over 500,000 words written by our Peak Medical team. Ask it any question with regards to optimizing your performance and it will guide you through an answer.
As it learns your habits over time it will personalize insights as to how you can improve your health and performance, just ask it a question!