Before Training; Activate Your Polar Star Training Program - Polar Electro Polar FT60 User Manual

2. BEFORE TRAINING

Activate Your Polar Star Training Program

The adaptive, personalized and in-built Polar Star Training Program gives you the optimal intensity and
time targets for your training. The training computer gives feedback on your performance after each
training session and once a week.
The Polar FT60 creates a training program based on your user information (weight, height, age, sex),
fitness level, activity level, and training goal.
By analyzing your weekly training results and fitness level, the training computer gives you training
guidance for the following week. The training program adapts to your training habits and to your changing
fitness level.
1. In Time mode, select
2. Perfom Polar Fitness Test. For more information, see Test Your Fitness Level.
3. Select your training goal:
• if your target is to improve your current cardiovascular fitness level and you are able
Improve fitness
to train regularly.
•
Maximize fitness
been training regularly for at least 10-12 weeks and training nearly every day is not a problem for you.
• if your target is to lose some weight.
Lose weight
4.
Training program created!
5. Next,
View week targets?
training week. If you select
to Time view.
Time target
The amount of time you should train during this week.
Calorie target
The number of calories you should burn this week.
6. Press DOWN and OK to view your target training time in three different heart rate zones (intensity
targets). Press DOWN to change the display.
Time target for intensity zone 1
The bars indicate the target times in different intensities. The bars fill up as you
train. The target time for intensity zone 1 for the week is displayed in the lowest row.
7. You have now activated your training program. Press
To view your week targets later, select
Zone Intensity % of HR
Zone 3 80-90%
Zone 2 70-80%
Menu > Applications > Training program > Create new program
if your target is to maximize your current cardiovascular fitness level, and if you have
is displayed.
is displayed. Select
,
No Training program active!
Menu > Applications > Training Program > View week targets
Training benefit
max
• Benefits: Increases maximum performance capacity
• Feels like: Tiredness in muscles and heavy breathing
• Recommended for: Fit users for short training sessions
• Benefits: Improves aerobic fitness
• Feels like: Good, easy breathing, moderate sweating
• Recommended for: Everybody for typical training
to view the time and calorie targets for your first
YES
is displayed and the training computer returns
to return to Time mode.
BACK
sessions with moderate length
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