Perform Programmed Exercise; Start Training; Exercise With Phases; Views During The Exercise - Polar Electro RS800CX User Manual

Select
Program > Week view > Day view > Exercise view
The exercise view shows the following information: exercise name, description, and target duration.
Press and hold LIGHT to view following information:
• : Summary of targets for the training session. Calories, distance* and duration. Planned time for
Targets
sport zones: press OK and scroll between sport zones with UP or DOWN.
• : Summary of phases for the training session.
Phases
• : View the name of chosen sport profile. For further information, see software help.
Sport profile
• : Set the reminder time.
Reminder
*Optional s3 stride sensor, G3 GPS sensor or cycling speed sensor W.I.N.D. required.

Perform Programmed Exercise

Start training

If you have set a reminder, your training computer will remind you to train according to plan on the
scheduled date. Check the planned exercise information by pressing OK when the reminder has gone off.
Start Daily Exercise
Select Today > Exercise view
Select
Program > Week view > Day view > Exercise view
For further information on exercise recording, see Start Training (page 13). Your training computer will
guide you through the session.

Exercise with Phases

Below is an example of an interval exercise, which is divided into four phases:
Warm up / P1: Run 10 minutes at a heart rate between 55-65% of maximum heart rate.
Interval / P2: Run 3 km at a pace between 3:30-4:00 min/km.
Recovery / P3: After 3 km let your heart rate drop to 120 bpm. Repeat phases 2 and 3 6 times each.
Cool down / P4: Run 10 minutes at a pace between 5:00-6:00 min/km.

Views during the exercise

During the exercise you will see the following display types:
Every phase starts with a display showing:
Phase name
Zone type
Zone limits
Number of phase repeats left
During exercise the phase display shows:
Countdown timer/distance*, countup timer, number of current phase
Target zone in graphical format (updated every 10 seconds, showing the last 8
minutes on the display)
Heart rate
Number of phase repeats left
> Press OK > Press OK
> Press OK > Press OK
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