unlock the link between
movement and creativity
Welcome to Source Cardio – a digital toolkit to help you find your flow in body and mind.
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research
Informed by the science of creativity and flow, Source is a training tool to expand your mind in motion.
Mind-wandering and flow are two states of consciousness that are particularly accessible for some individuals during aerobic exercise. These states are also at the center of recent research on the neural processes that underpin creative thinking. As a team of artists and athletes, we began to wonder whether a fitness app could nurture creativity.
Most training tools today focus on the metrics behind each activity – numbers like pace, distance, or heart rate. But what if there was an app for the mental aspects of movement? A space to foster inspiration and present awareness through exercise?
By connecting your training inputs in new ways, Source helps you to better understand and control your mind in motion. We hope this suite of tools will enrich your movement practice and extend cognitive benefits into the rest of your day.
Explore the Concepts
roadmap
visualization
(phase 1)
A new visual language to digitally represent cardio.
Connect your Strava account to unlock Source Cards: unique animations constructed from your activity data.
This v@0.1.0 art style is an abstract attempt at visualizing the experience of a flow state in motion.
v@0.1.0 parameters
intention
(phase 2)
Source rewards you for investing in the process.
You might be looking for focus ahead of a tough workout. Or maybe you want to take it easy and let your mind wander. Clarify your goals prior to each session with the intention interface.
It's no secret that music can be a powerful tool to shape your mood during exercise. This meaningful input is missing from today's training tools, which makes it an important piece of the Source Roadmap.
Connect with Spotify to track your listening in the context of your workout.
After your session, unlock special art styles for staying true to your goals.
reflection
(phase 3)
Close the feedback loop.
Our AI-powered reflection engine gives a series of basic prompts to better understand your mood and thought process during each session. Quickly document any ideas that may have emerged.
Over time, Source synthesizes those post-activity notes with your fitness data and listening history to build a mental model of your movement practice. Identify patterns of thinking within your training inputs.
The point is not to analyze your physical performance – plenty of excellent fitness apps already do that. Source exists to augment these pre-existing tools with a new training modality for the mind.
