Glossary
Words Pathium uses.
Terms
- Exercise — a single movement in your library, with its own defaults, form media, and muscle tags.
- Workout — an ordered list of exercises, rests, and other items you can run any time.
- Plan — a multi-week schedule of workouts, activities, and other daily items.
- Flexible / Scheduled — a Flexible plan is self-paced; a Scheduled plan follows calendar dates.
- Activity — a tracked outdoor or indoor session such as a walk, run, or ride, recorded with GPS.
- Set / Rep — one set is a group of repetitions; Pathium shows reps, weight, and rest for each set.
- Superset / Circuit — several exercises done back to back as a group.
- Left / Right — exercises done one side at a time appear as separate Left and Right items.
- Rest — a break between sets or items. A walking interval in a run plan is called Walk.
- Optional extra — a suggested item, like a rest-day walk, that never blocks finishing a day.
- Pace / Speed / Grade — pace is time per mile or kilometer, speed is distance per hour, grade is the steepness of the route.
- Zone — a heart-rate range based on your age. Zone 2 is an easy, conversational effort.
- HIIT — high-intensity interval training: short hard efforts with rest.
- Contrast therapy — alternating heat and cold in one session.
- Fast / Stage — a fasting window and the named stage you are in as it goes on.
- Live Activity — the running clock Pathium shows on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
- Widget — a Home Screen card for steps, hydration, or fasting.