diff --git a/Strand/Liquid/LiquidTodayView.swift b/Strand/Liquid/LiquidTodayView.swift
index 7179ee9ba7..c6a775c3ed 100644
--- a/Strand/Liquid/LiquidTodayView.swift
+++ b/Strand/Liquid/LiquidTodayView.swift
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ struct LiquidTodayView: View {
 
                 liquidRefreshIndicator   // grows in the revealed space; a vessel filling with the pull
 
-                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
+                // Materialise charts below the viewport only when they approach the visible area.
+                LazyVStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: NoopMetrics.space3) {
                     scene
                     // The strain/illness early-warning banner, dropped in the liquid Home rewrite. Liquid is
                     // the DEFAULT Today on both platforms (RootTabView.swift's liquidTodayEnabled = true,
diff --git a/Strand/Screens/TodayView.swift b/Strand/Screens/TodayView.swift
index 4935abfd9c..992cab01af 100644
--- a/Strand/Screens/TodayView.swift
+++ b/Strand/Screens/TodayView.swift
@@ -1455,10 +1455,7 @@ struct TodayView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         ScreenScaffold(title: scaffoldTitle, onRefresh: { await repo.refresh() },
-                       // PERF (scroll): lazy column so the scaffold materialises Today's content on demand.
-                       // Today supplies its own inner eager VStack (below), so the staggered section reveal is
-                       // unchanged, this only defers building the single inner stack until it scrolls in.
-                       // Byte-identical layout (LazyVStack == eager VStack alignment/spacing/header).
+                       // Both columns are lazy so off-screen sections defer chart layout.
                        lazy: true,
                        // PERF (scroll stutter): the day-cycle scene is a static masked Image. CoreAnimation
                        // already caches it as a stable image layer, so it does NOT re-rasterize on body
@@ -1468,7 +1465,7 @@ struct TodayView: View {
                        // lag regression; removing the flatten restores native layer caching.
                        topBackground: showDayCycleBackground
                            ? AnyView(SceneScreenBackground(hour: demoSceneHour)) : nil) {
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: NoopMetrics.sectionGap) {
+            LazyVStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: NoopMetrics.sectionGap) {
                 #if os(iOS)
                 // Compact top bar: profile/settings (left) · ‹ Today › day-nav (centre, bold) · strap
                 // battery (right). Replaces the big title + the full-width day-nav pill (WHOOP-style).
diff --git a/Strand/Screens/TrendsView.swift b/Strand/Screens/TrendsView.swift
index 8bf18e41b2..781cc2d4eb 100644
--- a/Strand/Screens/TrendsView.swift
+++ b/Strand/Screens/TrendsView.swift
@@ -291,9 +291,7 @@ struct TrendsView: View {
 
     private var scaffold: some View {
         ScreenScaffold(title: "Trends", subtitle: "The thread of you over time.",
-                       // PERF (scroll): lazy column — byte-identical layout (LazyVStack == eager VStack
-                       // alignment/spacing/header). The content is one inner eager VStack, so the staggered
-                       // section reveal is unchanged; this only defers building that stack until it scrolls in.
+                       // Defer off-screen charts in the inner column as well as the scaffold.
                        onRefresh: { await repo.refresh() },
                        lazy: true,
                        topBackground: liquidScaffoldSky()) {
@@ -305,31 +303,23 @@ struct TrendsView: View {
                 // Reuse the resolved windows until the data, range, or loaded Rest series changes.
                 // An unrelated Repository publication must not re-filter five years of history.
                 let metrics = resolvedMetrics
-                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: NoopMetrics.sectionSpacing) {
-                    // The main card list ripples in once on appear (Reduce-Motion safe).
+                LazyVStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: NoopMetrics.sectionSpacing) {
+                    // Charts enter directly; lazy scrolling must not schedule staggered layout animations.
                     Group {
                         // Week-in-review digest (#208) with prev/next week browsing (#710) — self-hides
                         // only when NO week in history has data. Past weeks render in the same format.
                         weeklyDigestNav
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 0)
                         // The Charge / Effort / Rest trio, presented in NOOP's pip language.
                         weekInReview(charge: metrics.recovery, effort: metrics.strain, rest: metrics.rest)
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 1)
                         rangeBar(recovery: metrics.recovery)
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 2)
                         heroRecovery(recovery: metrics.recovery)
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 3)
                         smallMultiples(hrv: metrics.hrv, rhr: metrics.rhr, strain: metrics.strain)
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 4)
                         // Long-horizon training load (CTL/ATL/TSB). Uses the FULL history, not the
                         // range window — chronic load is inherently a 42-day horizon. Self-hides its
                         // chart behind an honest "needs N more days" state until enough history exists.
                         TrainingLoadCard(days: repo.days)
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 5)
                         yearStrip
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 6)
                         exportReportRow
-                            .staggeredAppear(index: 7)
                     }
                 }
             }