Perceived Load; Training Load From A Single Session; Strain And Tolerance - Polar Electro Ignite 3 User Manual

cardiovascular system. The higher the Cardio load, the more strenuous the training session was for the cardiovascular
system. Cardio load is calculated after every workout from your heart rate data and session duration.

Perceived load

Your subjective feeling is one useful method of estimating training load for all sports. The
takes into account your own subjective experience of how demanding your training session was and the duration of
your session. It's is quantified with Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE), a scientifically accepted method to quantify
subjective training load. Using the RPE scale is especially useful for sports where measuring training load based on
heart rate alone has its limitations, for example strength training.
Rate your session in the Flow mobile app to get your
a scale from 1-10, in which 1 is very, very easy and 10 is maximum effort.

Training load from a single session

Your training load from a single session is shown in the summary of your training session on your watch, in the Flow
app and in the Flow web service.
You'll get an absolute training load number for each measured load. The higher the load, the more strain it caused to
your body. In addition, you can see a visual bullet scale interpretation and a verbal description of how hard your training
load from the session was compared to your 90 days training load average.
The scale of bullets and verbal descriptions adapts according to your progress: the smarter you train, the higher loads
you tolerate. As your fitness and tolerance for training improves, a training load that was ranked worth 3 bullets
(Medium) a couple of months ago, could rank for only 2 bullets (Low) later on. This adaptive scale reflects the fact that
the same kind of training session can have a different impact on your body depending on your current condition.
Very high
High
Medium
Low
Very low

Strain and Tolerance

In addition to the Cardio load from individual training sessions, the new Training Load Pro feature measures your short
term Cardio load (Strain) and long term Cardio load (Tolerance).
Strain shows you how much you have strained yourself with training lately. It shows your average daily load from the
past 7 days.
Perceived load for the session. You can choose from
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Perceived load is a value that