Training Load - Polar Electro Pro Team User Manual

TRAINING LOAD

The Training Load feature helps you to understand the amount of effort that you put into a training session.
Training Load is calculated for every training session based on intensity and duration. The Training Load
feature makes the effort of a short high intensity session comparable to that of a long low intensity session.
Training Load value is indicated to the user in days and hours for more detailed comparison between sessions.
Training Load is based on intensity and duration of a training session. The intensity of a session is measured
using heart rate and the calculation is further affected by your personal information, such as age, sex, weight,
VO2max, and training history. Before training history is available, your training background selection is used in
the calculation. We also use your aerobic and anaerobic threshold values in the calculation. If you have
reliably measured them, please update the default values in the web service. The sport of a session is taken
into account via sport specific factor, which improves the calculation accuracy.
Mild 0-6 hours
Reasonable 7-12 hours
Demanding 13-24 hours
Very demanding 25-48 hours
Extreme Over 48 hours
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