Athletes preparing for a lifting session

FOR THE LIFT. FOR THE RUN. FOR BOTH.

INTAKEAthlete nutrition & training.

Beyond the food diary.

Why choose Intake over MyFitnessPal or MacroFactor?
Keep your food, training and next move connected.

Free tracking to start · Athlete guidance is optional

THE INTAKE ADVANTAGE

A calorie total tells one story.
Your training tells the rest.

Lifters: connect sets to fuel.

Log actual sets and PRs, review history-based progression cues, then plan food alongside the session. Athlete adds optional timing and pantry guidance.

Runners: connect miles to meals.

Follow a built-in running plan, see weekly mileage and a race countdown, and import Garmin .FIT runs manually. Athlete adds optional training-day fuel guidance — watch estimates are not precise calorie prescriptions.

Hybrid: keep one picture.

See nutrition, lifting and running together instead of rebuilding the day across separate tools. Your actual logs remain editable; suggestions never silently change goals.

BUILT FOR RUNNERS, TOO

Running plans.
From first mile to ultra.

Your race build, weekly miles and daily food belong together. Train for your first finish or a longer challenge without leaving your nutrition behind.

FREE STARTER

First mile

6 weeks · Run training

ATHLETE PLAN

5K

8 weeks · Run training

ATHLETE PLAN

10K

12 weeks · Run training

ATHLETE PLAN

Half marathon

12 weeks · Run training

ATHLETE PLAN

Marathon

18 weeks · Run training

ATHLETE PLAN

Ultra 50K

18 weeks · Ultra endurance

ATHLETE PLAN

50 mile / 100K

22 weeks · Ultra endurance

ATHLETE PLAN

100K

24 weeks · Ultra endurance

ATHLETE PLAN

100 mile

24 weeks · Ultra endurance

Your race, in focus.

Training phase, days to race and weekly mileage against your plan. Build, recovery and taper weeks keep the bigger picture visible.

Every mile has a home.

Track time on feet, elevation and distance. Shoe Garage tracks logged mileage with adjustable replacement reminders — not an injury prediction.

Bring your Garmin run.

Manually import a Garmin .FIT file. GPS routes, heart-rate zones and long-run drift analysis appear when the file contains enough data. Automatic Garmin Connect sync is not available.

Fuel beyond the finish.

Optional Athlete guidance connects logged carbs, planned runs and timed macro windows. Log pack weight to distinguish a ruck from an unloaded walk.

Explore Intake for running

First mile is free. The other built-in race plans require Athlete.

Plans and fuel guidance are estimates, not guarantees or measurements of glycogen. Ultra mileage is a guide; terrain, experience and tolerance matter. Your goals only change when you approve.

CHOOSE THE WORKFLOW, NOT THE HYPE

Intake vs. MyFitnessPal
and MacroFactor.

All three can help you track nutrition. Intake’s pitch is the connected lift-and-run workflow — not a promise of better results for everyone.

MYFITNESSPAL

Food and exercise tracking.

MyFitnessPal supports food, macros, cardio, strength and workout routines, plus connected activity. Its Premium plan includes barcode scanning. Intake’s difference is its athlete-focused combination of logging, progression cues and pantry-aware planning — not exclusive exercise tracking.

MyFitnessPal free features

MACROFACTOR

Adaptive nutrition + a workouts app.

MacroFactor offers nutrition coaching based on intake and weight trends, including barcode scanning. MacroFactor Workouts is a separate strength-training app. Intake brings its own optional calorie reviews together with lifting records, running and pantry-aware planning.

MacroFactor nutrition features

INTAKE

Food + lifts + runs.

  • Free barcode scanning and logging
  • Strength and cardio records together
  • Optional Athlete progression guidance
  • Smart Pantry and training-day planning

Start free. Athlete is $9.99/month or $59.99/year.

Official sources checked November 7, 2026: MyFitnessPal Premium, MacroFactor expenditure and MacroFactor Workouts.

Competitor descriptions are scoped summaries, not an exhaustive feature audit. Products, regions and paid features change. No head-to-head performance advantage is established. Brand names identify the products compared; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.

BEFORE & AFTER · PLANNING, NOT PHYSIQUE

Same macros.
More training context.

Fictional examples show how a daily budget can be distributed differently. These are not customer results, competitor outputs, personalized targets or predictions of muscle gain or race performance.

An evening lifting session

Same daily budget. A different way to plan around the session.

BEFORE · DAILY TOTAL ONLY

2,560kcal for the day
180gProtein280gCarbs80gFat
Before planning meal distribution
Planned foodPCF
Earlier meals130g220g60g
Around the lift20g20g10g
Later meal30g40g10g

AFTER · TRAINING-AWARE PLAN

2,560kcal for the day
180gProtein280gCarbs80gFat
After planning meal distribution
Planned foodPCF
Earlier meals110g160g60g
Around the lift30g70g10g
Later meal40g50g10g

Move part of the planned carbs closer to training, then find a later protein option from your pantry. No extra calories appear out of nowhere.

Illustrative 4/4/9 calorie math only. Needs and meal tolerance vary. Intake does not apply these examples to your profile or log them as eaten food.

LESS JUGGLING. MORE CONTEXT.

Give your training
an Intake day.

Start with Free Basic. Add Athlete insights only when they fit.

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