Polar A300 Cyclometer User Manual


 
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SMART COACHING FEATURES
Whether it’s assessing your day-to-day fitness levels, creating individual training plans, working out at the
right intensity or receiving instant feedback, Smart Coaching offers a choice of unique, easy-to-use features,
personalized to your needs and designed for maximum enjoyment and motivation when training.
A300 includes the following Smart Coaching features:
l
Smart calories
l
EnergyPointer
l
Heart rate zones
l
Fitness Test
l
Training Benefit
SMART CALORIES
The most accurate calorie counter on the market calculates the number of calories burned. The energy
expenditure calculation is based on:
l Body weight, height, age, gender
l Individual maximum heart rate (HR
max
)
l Heart rate during training
l Activity measurement outside of training sessions and when you train without heart rate
l Individual maximal oxygen uptake (VO2
max
)
VO2
max
tells about your aerobic fitness. You can find out your estimated VO2
max
with the Polar Fit-
ness Test.
ENERGY POINTER
The EnergyPointer isn't available for training sessions that were created as training targets in Flow web
service.
The EnergyPointer is a simple feature that visually shows you what the main effect of your training is - fat burn-
ing or improving fitness. It helps you focus on what you want to achieve.