# NEW RELEASE: A New Way To Track Your Mental Capacity **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577 "2025-12-09T18:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/helga/32/23938_2.png) [@Helga](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/1 "2025-12-09T18:20:34Z")
**What it is** : A Mental Capacity Assessment that tracks your cognitive and emotional readiness to perform, giving you deeper insight into your overall Training Capacity. Think of it as understanding not just your physical state, but your mental readiness too. **How to use it** : Take a quick 90-second assessment each day, ideally at the same time (like during your morning routine). You’ll complete a Go/NoGo task that measures reaction time and response inhibition, followed by a brief emotional questionnaire. After completing your first 3 assessments for calibration, you’ll receive your personalized score (ranging from -100 to +100) on your 4th assessment. After 30 assessments, your score will be fully calibrated to your unique baseline. Your Mental Capacity also affects your Training Capacity, giving you an even more accurate measure of your readiness to train. **Why it matters** : Mental fatigue is real. Stress, sleep, focus, readiness - they all impact how you perform. Now you can track it, understand it, and train smarter because of it. Whether you’re fresh and firing or need a recovery day, you’ll know where you stand. Ride on, Wahooligans and Sufferlandrians Helga ![Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 1.19.33 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/c/2/c25f8720d58b45170bfcd22f2d2c8535a2a1b303.png) ![Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 1.19.41 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/f/1/f1de98b837a77ca3b7a66ab575d355bf5d055f45.png) ![Screenshot 2025-12-09 at 1.19.49 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/1/2/126b042c052ece050bba575924fafa37bc847426.png) ---
**Author:** ![emacdoug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/emacdoug/32/15557_2.png) [@emacdoug](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/emacdoug)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/2 "2025-12-09T18:49:06Z")
Is this in the Wahoo App or SYSTM or both? ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/helga/32/23938_2.png) [@Helga](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/3 "2025-12-09T19:15:34Z")
Great question - this is just available in the Wahoo App! ---
**Author:** ![emacdoug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/emacdoug/32/15557_2.png) [@emacdoug](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/emacdoug)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/4 "2025-12-09T19:18:29Z")
Thanks, @Helga! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Q](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/steve_q/32/2318_2.png) [@Steve\_Q](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Steve_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/5 "2025-12-09T19:30:00Z")
There are no limits to my mental capacity… regardless of what everybody else says. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/b/f/bf2fc5ced42c90496e5c67fabc7c1fd7d4c7ba50.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![sir\_james.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/sir_james.p/32/18843_2.png) [@sir\_james.p](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/sir_james.p)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/6 "2025-12-09T21:46:50Z")
Dame @Helga, I can’t find this in the wahoo app, how does one navigate to it. If it turns out to be easy and I’m just failing too see what’s right in front of me then maybe I don’t need to take the test….. ---
**Author:** ![Isa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Isa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Isa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/7 "2025-12-09T21:48:02Z")
This is a huge addition. Thank you for adding this. ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/helga/32/23938_2.png) [@Helga](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/8 "2025-12-09T21:48:34Z")
Great question, James, it may take up to 24 hours to show up. You should start to see it by tomorrow at the latest! ---
**Author:** ![sir\_james.p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/sir_james.p/32/18843_2.png) [@sir\_james.p](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/sir_james.p)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/9 "2025-12-09T21:49:24Z")
Ah ok, good, I’m not just incredibly mentally fatigued then! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mserge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/mserge/32/6805_2.png) [@mserge](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/mserge)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/10 "2025-12-10T09:47:21Z")
Can you advise _where_ it will be? ---
**Author:** ![mserge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/mserge/32/6805_2.png) [@mserge](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/mserge)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/11 "2025-12-10T09:47:49Z")
If it is actually good, agreed 100%. Excited to try it out. May resubscribe if I like it! ---
**Author:** ![mserge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/mserge/32/6805_2.png) [@mserge](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/mserge)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/12 "2025-12-10T09:48:25Z")
Very nice!!! ---
**Author:** ![Isa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Isa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Isa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/13 "2025-12-10T12:50:29Z")
> [@emacdoug](#): > > Is this in the Wahoo App or SYSTM I didn’t realize this at first. The two apps one forum thing is quite confusing.. I downloaded the Wahoo app for the first time to give this a try. I’m not sure what the point of it is for a Systm user, since I haven’t used it yet. At first glance it looks like a a Strava etc fitness tracking app. Anyway I’m thinking to give it a go for strength training and see how that works. To the state the obvious, I wish the suite of mental recovery bits I see on the Wahoo app were on the systm app. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Q](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/steve_q/32/2318_2.png) [@Steve\_Q](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Steve_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/14 "2025-12-10T14:22:48Z")
I’ve done the test a couple of times now, and I look forward to seeing my assessment when I’ve completed a couple more. This is interesting but I’m not sure how I’ll use this. **Will** I change what I plan to do based on the results of the test? **Should** I be changing something based the score (e.g. avoid burn-out)? Will this give me an “excuse” or a “reason” for a poor performance? Will the longer term trend provide better insight? It provides a convenient quantification, but does it tell me anything I didn’t already know intuitively? Am I willing to do the short test every day? We’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_H](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/chris_h/32/14455_2.png) [@Chris\_H](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Chris_H)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/15 "2025-12-10T15:07:27Z")
Oh no! I won‘t use this, since it‘ll be the next thingy to tell me to change my evening behaviour 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JSampson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/jsampson/32/3148_2.png) [@JSampson](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/JSampson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/16 "2025-12-10T15:26:01Z")
> [@Steve\_Q](#): > > This is interesting but I’m not sure how I’ll use this. @Steve_Q In competing apps this sort of tool adds some datapoints in addition to available sleep and HRV data to determine training readiness. My guess is it will feed into a daily workout recommendation. SYSTM plans are currently static. This would be a step towards making them dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/helga/32/23938_2.png) [@Helga](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/17 "2025-12-10T19:20:34Z")
> [@mserge](#): > > If it is actually good, agreed 100%. Excited to try it out. May resubscribe if I like it! Taking the assessment and seeing your result is a free feature! ---
**Author:** ![Mry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Mry](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Mry)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/18 "2025-12-10T20:46:46Z")
Mine showed up after updating the iOS app. Cool addition, I am really excited about all the improvements lately. Keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![RichieS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/richies/32/19859_2.png) [@RichieS](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/RichieS)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/19 "2025-12-10T21:53:33Z")
> [@Isa](#): > > At first glance it looks like a a Strava etc fitness tracking app. I am _very_ surprised that Strava continues to allow\* Wahoo to pull all logged workouts across given that the latter appears to be developing a pretty similar but vastly superior product. Does anybody really use the social media aspects of Strava beyond chucking out “kudos”? As far as meaningful updates to the Systm app go, the general consensus seems to be that all 3 Wahoo apps are slowly being combined into the one. Elemnt is effectively already dead as the new generation of computers all connect with the Wahoo app and lots of the Systm workouts can already be played in it as well (although not with video, I don’t think). \*I’m not naïve, I know Wahoo have probably paid handsomely for it! ---
**Author:** ![CraigM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@CraigM](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/CraigM)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/new-release-a-new-way-to-track-your-mental-capacity/30577/20 "2026-02-11T19:28:25Z")
One way that the “Mental Capacity” test could be very useful for people who cycle in the real world in groups - also express the reaction time in terms of distance covered at 30k/h. Back in my real-world-cycling-ride-leader days, I used to give safety briefings that told riders how far they would move before they could even touch the brake levers - if your reaction time is 300 msec and you are moving at 30 kph, then you’ve moved 2.5 meters before you even touch your brake levers. Paceline only if you know the riders you are with well enough to read their minds…. People did not believe me about reaction distance until they did the math themselves (hope I haven’t messed it up this morning….)