Introduction

Toedi is a self-hosted fitness tracking app. It is mostly aimed at endurance training, though should be useful for any kind of training. It can import workout data, show you past workouts, show metrics ant statistics for your training and comes with a powerful workout planner.

The motivation for creating Toedi was having control of your own data and being able to have metrics that are actually relevant to you. As I'm mostly training for mountaineering, expect mostly metrics related to mountain sports, though I want this to be configurable and welcome having additional metrics for other sports as well. Another big motivation is being able to easily create a training plan for two or more months without tediously creating entries for each day, and without cursing yourself if you evenr need to modify a training plan later on. The aim here is to need no more than 15 minutes to create a 2 month training plan and to easily adapt it when circumstances and goals change.

The name Toedi comes from a swiss mountain, Tödi, which is only 3600m above sea level and not particularly challenging. My dad once climbed it when he was younger and often spoke aboult the climb, and this is what got me into mountaineering. It's no walk in the park, but also achievable for anyone dedicated to regular training, and I want this software to also enable its users to do their training the way they want, independent on their level and goals, without having to pay a monthly fee and without having to worry about their data. I also want the metrics to be transparent and grounded in science, not randomly made up by a vendor without any explanation, as knowing what the numbers mean depends on our understanding of them, and just blindly following what an app tells you do to is a recipe for missed goals, overtraining and frustration.