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CADENCE FROM THE WRIST
Cadence from the wrist gives you the option to get your running cadence without a separate stride sensor. Your cadence is
measured with a built-in accelerometer from your wrist movements. Please note that when using a stride sensor cadence
will always be measured with it.
Cadence from the wrist is available in the following running type sports: Running, Jogging, Road running, Trail running,
Treadmill running, Track and field running and Ultra running.
To see your cadence during a training session, add cadence to the training view of the sport profile you use when running.
This can be done in
Sport Profiles
Read more about
monitoring running cadence
ENERGY SOURCES
The energy sources breakdown shows how much of different energy sources (fats, carbohydrates, proteins) you used
during your session. On your watch, you can see it in the training summary right after finishing your session. More detailed
information can be viewed in the Flow mobile app after syncing your data.
During physical activity, your body uses carbohydrates and fat as main sources of energy. The higher your training
intensity, the more carbs you use in proportion to fat, and vice versa. The role of protein is usually quite small, but during
high intensity activity and during long sessions your body can use about 5 to 10 % of its energy from protein.
We calculate the use of different energy sources based on your heart rate, but we also take your physical settings into
account. These include your age, gender, height, weight, maximum heart rate, resting heart rate, VO2max, aerobic threshold
and anaerobic threshold. It's important that you've set these settings as precisely as possible so you'll get the most
accurate energy source consumption data.
ENERGY SOURCES SUMMARY
After your session, you'll see the following information the training summary:
Carbs, protein and fat you've used during your session.
DETAILED ANALYSIS IN THE FLOW MOBILE APP
in the Polar Flow mobile app or in the Flow web service.
and
how to utilize running cadence in your training.
Note that you shouldn't interpret the used energy sources and their amounts as
guidelines when eating after your session.
In the Flow app you can also view how much of these sources you used at each point
of your session and how they accumulated throughout it. The graph shows how your
body makes use of different energy sources at different training intensities, and also
at different stages of your training session. You can also compare the breakdown
from similar sessions over time, and see how your ability to use fat as the primary
energy source develops.
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