Polar M400 Heart Rate Monitor User Manual


 
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Feedback Benefit
Tempo & Steady state training Good pace! You improved your ability to sustain high intensity
effort for longer. This session also developed your aerobic fitness
and the endurance of your muscles.
Steady state & Tempo training Good pace! You improved your aerobic fitness and the endurance
of your muscles. This session also developed your ability to sus-
tain high intensity effort for longer.
Steady state training + Excellent! This long session improved the endurance of your
muscles and your aerobic fitness. It also increased your res-
istance to fatigue.
Steady state training Excellent! You improved the endurance of your muscles and your
aerobic fitness.
Steady state & Basic training, long Excellent! This long session improved the endurance of your
muscles and your aerobic fitness. It also developed your basic
endurance and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise.
Steady state & Basic training Excellent! You improved the endurance of your muscles and your
aerobic fitness. This session also developed your basic endurance
and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise.
Basic & Steady state training, long Great! This long session improved your basic endurance and your
body's ability to burn fat during exercise. It also developed the
endurance of your muscles and your aerobic fitness.
Basic & Steady state training Great! You improved your basic endurance and your body's ability
to burn fat during exercise. This session also developed the endur-
ance of your muscles and your aerobic fitness.
Basic training, long Great! This long, low intensity session improved your basic endur-
ance and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise.
Basic training Well done! This low intensity session improved your basic endur-
ance and your body's ability to burn fat during exercise.
Recovery training Very nice session for your recovery. Light exercise like this allows
your body to adapt to your training.
FITNESS TEST
The Polar Fitness Test is an easy, safe and quick way to estimate your aerobic (cardiovascular) fitness at
rest. The result, Polar OwnIndex, is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake (VO
2max
), which is commonly
used to evaluate aerobic fitness. Your long-term training background, heart rate, heart rate variability at rest,
gender, age, height, and body weight all influence OwnIndex. The Polar Fitness Test is developed for use by
healthy adults.
Aerobic fitness relates to how well your cardiovascular system works to transport oxygen to your body. The
better your aerobic fitness, the stronger and more efficient your heart is. Good aerobic fitness has many health