Polar Heart Rate Monitor Ft60 User Manual

  

Polar FT60 User Manual English Physical Fitness The Polar FT60 is an advanced heart rate monitor. It features a personalized training program to help you get the most out of your workouts, as if there is a coach. Troubleshooting Heart Rate Signal Reception If your Polar training computer / sensor is not working as it should, try troubleshooting before contacting your closest Polar Service. Fat Burning Percentage This feature calculates an estimate of calories expended from fat during a workout and it is expressed as a percentage of the total calories burned. Polar Account Following Polar web services use the same user account: Polar Flow web service polarpersonaltrainer.

The Polar FT60 creates a training program based on your user information (weight, height, age, sex), fitness level, activity level, and training goal.

Polar Heart Rate Monitor Ft60 User Manual

  • Improve fitness if your target is to improve your current cardiovascular fitness level and you are able to train regularly.

  • Maximize fitness if your target is to maximize your current cardiovascular fitness level, and if you have been training regularly for at least 10-12 weeks and training nearly every day is not a problem for you.

  • Lose weight if your target is to lose some weight.

  • Training program created! is displayed.

  • Next, View week targets? is displayed. Select YES to view the time and calorie targets for your first training week. If you select No, Training program active! is displayed and the training computer returns to Time view.

    The amount of time you should train during this week.

    The number of calories you should burn this week.

  • Press and to view your target training time in three different heart rate zones (intensity targets). Press to change the display.

    The bars indicate thetarget 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.

  • You have now activated your training program. Press BACK to return to Time mode.

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    Intensity % of HRmax

    Zone 3

    80-90%
      Zone 2

      70-80%
        Zone 1

        60-70%
          Troubleshooting

          Rate
            Read more about training in Training Articles at http://articles.polar.fi.

            • To change your fitness goal, create a new program in Menu > Applications >Training program > Change program. Forinstance, if you have started with weight lossprogram and have achieved your goal, changeyour goal to Improve Fitness or MaximizeFitness.

            • To end your active training program, select Menu > Applications > Training program > End program > End Program? Select Yes.

            Select Menu > Applications > Training program > Results of past prog. The following information is displayed:

            • Start date and Duration: The start date and the duration of the training program.

            • Excel. wks and Calories: The number of excellent training weeks (100% of target reached) vs. total number of training weeks and the calories expended during the program.

            • Before/After: Your Fitness Test result (OwnIndex) or your weight (when weight loss program active) before and after the program.

            As a result you will get a value called OwnIndex. OwnIndex is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), which is a commonly used aerobic fitness measure. Read more on how to interpret the results in Interpret Your Fitness Test Results.

            The test is developed for healthy adults. To make sure the test is reliable, take the following issues into consideration:

            • Avoid distractions. The more relaxed you are and the more peaceful the testing environment is, the more accurate the test result will be (for instance, no television, telephone or talking).

            • Avoid heavy physical effort, alcohol and unprescribed pharmacological stimulants on the test day and the day before.

            • Avoid eating a heavy meal or smoking 2-3 hours prior to the test.

            • Always perform the test in similar conditions and at the same time.

            • Make sure that your user information is correct.

            1. Wear the heart rate sensor, lie down and relax for 1-3 minutes.

            2. In Time mode, select Menu > Applications > Fitness test > Start test. The fitness test begins instantly once the FT60 has located your heart rate.

            3. About 5 minutes later, a beep will indicate the end of the test, and your test result will appear on the display.

            4. Press . UPDATE VO2max? is displayed.

            5. Select Yes to save the test result in your User information and OwnIndex results. If youknow your laboratory measured VO2maxvalueand have entered it in User information,select No to save your test result in OwnIndexresults only.

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            This classification is based on a literature review of 62 studieswhere VO2max was measured directly in healthy adult subjects inthe USA, Canada and 7 European countries. Reference: Shvartz E,Reibold RC: Aerobic fitness norms for males and females aged 6 to75 years: a review. Aviat Space Environ Med; 61:3-11, 1990.

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