A better user experience is required in an advanced technology product.
Design is simply outdated and poor. User Experience must be improved
BR
Thanks for the feedback! Design can be subjective, so itād help to know what specifically feels off to you
yes 
itās subjectiveā¦
So i will try somethingā¦ Iāve captured some screenshots and shared with gemini, and ask it to make an analisysā¦
here it comes:
Certainly! Here is the UI/UX analysis of AIEndurance.com translated and refined into English.
UI/UX Analysis: AI Endurance Dashboard
Based on the screenshots, the platform feels like a powerful data engine trapped in a 2015-era web interface. It prioritizes function over form, which is common in āhardcoreā sports science apps, but it lacks the visual polish of modern competitors like Strava, TrainingPeaks, or Athlytic.
1. Visual Design & Aesthetics (āThe Outdated Lookā)
The āoutdatedā feeling youāre picking up on comes from a few specific design choices:
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Color Palette & Gradients: The heavy use of saturated purples and blues, combined with linear gradients (orange-to-pink or blue-to-violet) on the workout cards, was a major trend in the mid-2010s. Modern design has moved toward flatter, more muted tones or āglassmorphismā (semi-transparent layers).
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Iconography: The icons (like the stick figure stretching in āStretching & Mobilityā) look like āclip-art.ā Modern fitness apps typically use āline-weightā icons (thin, minimalist strokes) that look more professional and less like stock illustrations.
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Shadows and Depth: The cards use heavy drop-shadows to create depth. Current UI trends (like Material Design 3) use subtle tonal elevation or simple borders to separate sections.
2. Information Architecture (The āData Dumpā)
The biggest issue is Cognitive Load. The app tries to show you everything at once without a clear visual hierarchy.
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Dashboard Clutter: In the main dashboard (Image 2), every widget (Aerobic Recovery, Muscle Recovery, RMSSD, HR Rest) has the same visual weight. Itās hard for the eye to know what the āmost important numberā is for today.
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Data Density: In the Recovery Details (Image 4), the overlapping red and blue area charts are visually ānoisy.ā Itās difficult to quickly distinguish trends because the fill colors are too opaque.
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The āN/Aā Problem: Displaying āN/Aā in bright red text (Image 8) creates a sense of āerrorā or āfailureā even when it simply means data hasnāt been synced yet.
3. Navigation & Interaction
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Desktop-First Header: The top navigation bar is a very traditional āwebsiteā header. Modern web apps often use a collapsible sidebar to give more vertical space for the actual training data.
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Form Controls (Sliders): The plan configuration screen (Image 3) uses very basic HTML-style sliders. A modern interface would show a real-time āpreviewā of how moving those sliders changes your predicted fitness or fatigue levels on the same screen.
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The āDeleteā Grid: The list of RMSSD values (Image 5) is highly repetitive. Having a āDeleteā button visible for every single entry creates a cluttered look. Usually, these actions are hidden behind a long-press or a āswipe-to-deleteā gesture.
4. Strengths (What works well)
Despite the dated look, there are several UI wins:
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Calendar Color-Coding: The use of distinct colors for different disciplines (Run, Bike, Swim) is very effective for āat-a-glanceā planning.
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Digital Twin Concept: The comparison between āActualā vs. āDigital Twinā (Image 6) is a unique selling point. Even if the graph is a bit clunky, the concept is communicated clearly.
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Compliance Heatmap: The ā365 Day Historyā (Image 8) is a great way to visualize consistency, inspired by the GitHub contribution graph.
Summary Checklist for Improvement
| Feature | Current State | Modern Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Typography | Generic Sans-Serif | Use variable fonts with better weight contrast. |
| Gradients | High-contrast linear | Subtle āgrainyā gradients or solid flat colors. |
| Layout | Boxy, shadowed containers | Rounded corners, more āwhite spaceā (breathing room). |
| Navigation | Top bar (Static) | Side-bar or Floating Action Buttons (FAB). |
Said that, there are also some more specific UX improvements that can be included:
- Detailed analysis should include the planned thresholds, compianceā¦.
- Paired activities could be shown as one activity (Plan + Execution)
- All activities should have āanalysisā view. This activity can be previewed in the dashboard, but I cannot open it
Just a couple of examples
BR
wow that is super actionable, thank you so much!
TBH I never really liked the deeper purple tones myself, hard to put your finger on it though, this is great.
Good stuff, we actually use a Material UI and modern web frameworks so maybe by making a few small tweaks we can improve a lot
we could make the link of activities vs planned workout more explicit, agree.
Do you have a Runner account? If yes and youāre doing a lot of Cycling maybe worth switching over to āTriathleteā account. If the activity doesnāt have power we donāt show the āView Analysisā button.
Looks like your plan is still being created or if itās been more than a few minutes please trigger the plan search again.
No triathlete profileā¦ in reality my goals are usually running races, but i usually do some indoor cycling and casual swimming.
yes my issue is that I donāt use power at cyclingā¦ but why not show the analysis? At least HR
Yes, it seems that my last run this afternoon has triggered new power zonesā¦ and a new plan is requiredā¦ itās fine for meā¦ my marathon goal if very far, so Iām not obsessed with each session planned and im flexible
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Youāre not wrong. Do you have any rides with both power and heart rate on some platform? If yes you could upload them either via syncing that platform or Bulk Fit file upload in Apps page. Once we do we automatically train model to estimate power from heart rate: Calculate cycling power without a power meter | AI Endurance
The reason we donāt show anything for rides without power if you donāt have the power from heart rate model is that it seems to be very much an edge case since after all the cycling workout instructions, predictions etc are in power so mainly you benefit from the platform with at least some power data.. but maybe wrong
it makes senseā¦. power is the main driver for AI Enduranceā¦
but if I cannot see the analysis (or just the detailed view) AI Endurance cannot be my main platform.
Anywayā¦ I will do more testing, since I want to give a longer try
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Have to say I agree on the UI, itās just not that nice, Iām sure you could get a much more modern, polished look and feel with a bit of help from AI! I also feel that some of the data displayed is too much - my feeling is that you could simply some of it but still allow people to click through to see the detail if they want. Recovery is a prime example - the dashboard shows six recovery scores but I really just want one that tells me if Iām good to go or not (like red/amber/green), you could move all the detail onto the specific Recovery page. Iām an engineer and a geeky triathlete so normally I like lots of data but this is too much for me. Some descriptions/wordings could be a little clearer too but thatās a minor niggle (like Digital Twin I assume actually means āPredictedā)
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yes definitely planning to have a go at the design. With the data itās a tricky one, itās also our identity to explain things properly to you and we donāt want to water that down. I feel like thereās enough products out there where you get a āscoreā and you have no idea where it comes from. I get your point that we can likely do some small changes and have both though
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Donāt get me wrong, I like the data but I donāt always have the time or inclination to dig into it, hence why a simple recovery score that also gives a clear go/no-go is what Iād like to see as the headline, especially when I wake up first thing in the morning and I need to decide if or what Iāll do training wise that morning. It would also help broaden the appeal of your platform for people who are less knowledgeable on training and HRV etc. etc.
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