How to understand the Exercise and Nutrition trend

Want to check whether your carb intake is actually keeping up with your training load? The Exercise Energy Expenditure vs Carbohydrate view in Hexis Trends lets you see how well your carbohydrate intake aligns with your actual training load, so you can fuel for the work you're doing rather than a static daily target.

Open the Trends page and select Exercise and Nutrition from the drop-down menu. This opens the weekly trends dashboard focused on the relationship between training output and carbohydrate intake.

The main display uses a dual axis chart to compare two key metrics across the week. White bars represent exercise energy expenditure — the calories burned during planned workouts and training sessions. A blue line with data points represents your logged carbohydrate intake, in grams consumed each day.

The left vertical axis shows exercise energy expenditure in calories, while the right vertical axis shows carbohydrate intake in grams. Using two axes lets you view both metrics clearly despite their different units.

Tap any bar or data point to view detailed information for that day. A tooltip appears showing the exact calories burned through exercise and the precise amount of carbohydrates logged.

This chart helps you assess whether carbohydrate intake is appropriately matched to training demands. On days with high exercise energy expenditure, carbohydrate intake should also be higher, to support performance and recovery. On rest days or low-intensity training days, carbohydrate intake should generally be lower.

Misalignment between the bars and the line highlights potential issues. High exercise energy expenditure paired with low logged carbohydrates suggests underfuelling, which can impair performance and recovery. High carbohydrate intake on days with low exercise energy expenditure may indicate overfuelling relative to training needs.

For a clearer view, tap the right chevron and rotate your device into landscape mode. This expands the chart and makes it easier to analyse trends and patterns across the week.

This comparison is built around Hexis's fuel-for-the-work-required approach. By aligning carbohydrate intake with actual exercise energy expenditure, Hexis supports effective carbohydrate periodisation that adapts to your real training demands, rather than relying on fixed daily targets.