The Effort dial on Home shows how today's training compares to your typical training day, as a percentage. Tap it to see exactly what's feeding that number.
Where to find it
Home screen: tap the Effort dial to open the breakdown.
What it compares
Effort measures today against your typical training day, which Kenso learns from your recent training history. Until it has enough days to establish that baseline, the dial shows a "Learning your typical day" state instead of a percentage.
What feeds it
The breakdown lists every input that fed today's number as its own row, each with a short detail line: your logged lifting sets, heart-rate load from a connected watch, Apple Health workouts, and Whoop day strain, if connected. If a connected Whoop's day strain reads higher than what you've logged in Kenso, it sets today's effort instead of your logged training; otherwise your logged training is shown for reference and Whoop doesn't override it.
Reading the number
100% means today matches your typical training day exactly. Above 100% reads as harder than typical; below 100% reads as easier. The sheet also names what it's comparing against: your typical day's load, averaged over your recent sessions, so the percentage isn't a bare number on its own.
The "In the tank" line
Below the main breakdown, the sheet also shows a battery-style reading that starts full each morning based on your recovery and drains as you train that day. It's a second framing of similar territory for anyone who prefers thinking in a tank level rather than a percentage.
Good to know
- If you haven't logged anything yet today, the dial reads as a rest day rather than 0%.
- Effort is about today's training load relative to your own normal, not a comparison to other users.
- The dial sits alongside a recovery indicator on Home. See Readiness for how Kenso reads recovery separately from today's effort.