Polar Electro RCX5 User Manual page 32

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The display reads:
Activity level
Maximum heart rate
32 Settings
Browse the selection with
UP/DOWN and select the value
to be modified.
Set ,
Low (0-1 h/wk) Moderate
,
(1-3 h/wk) High (3-5 h/wk)
Top (5+ h/wk)
Activity level is an assessment of
your level of long-term physical
activity. Select the alternative
that best describes the overall
amount and intensity of your
physical activity during the past
three months.
• : You
Top (5+ h/wk)
participate in heavy physical
exercise at least 5 times a
week, or you exercise to
improve performance for
competitive purposes.
• : You
High (3-5 h/wk)
participate at least 3 times a
week in heavy physical
exercise, e.g. you run 20-50
km/12-31 miles per week or
spend 3-5 hours per week in
comparable physical activity.
• : You
Moderate (1-3 h/wk)
participate regularly in
recreational sports, e.g. you
run 5-10 km or 3-6 miles per
week or spend 1-3 hours per
week in comparable physical
activity, or your work requires
modest physical activity.
• : You do not
Low (0-1 h/wk)
participate regularly in
programmed recreational sport
or heavy physical activity, e.g.
you walk only for pleasure or
exercise hard enough to cause
heavy breathing or perspiration
only occasionally. In the
training computer, these
values are used to calculate
your energy expenditure.
Set your maximum heart rate, if
you know your laboratory
measured current maximum
heart rate value. Your
age-predicted maximum heart
rate value (220-age) is displayed
as a default setting when you set
this value for the first time.
For more information, see
Maximum Heart Rate (HR
To confirm the value, press OK
OK
or
OK
)
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