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To set user information in the training computer
Select Settings > User
• Weight: To change units, press and hold LIGHT
• Height: To change units, press and hold LIGHT
• Birthday: dd=day, mm=month, yy=year
• Sex: Male/Female
• Activity: Top/High/Moderate/Low
• Heart Rate: HR
max
, HR
sit
• VO2max: Maximal oxygen intake
Activity Level
Activity level is an assessment of your level of long-term physical activity. Select the alternative that
best describes the overall amount and intensity of your physical activity during the past three months.
• Top: You participate in heavy physical exercise at least 5 times a week, or you exercise to improve
performance for competitive purposes.
• High: You participate at least 3 times a week in heavy physical exercise, e.g. you run 20-50
km/12-31 miles per week or spend 3-5 hours per week in comparable physical activity.
• Moderate: You participate regularly in recreational sports, e.g. you run 5-10 km or 3-6 miles per
week or spend 1/2-2 hours per week in comparable physical activity, or your work requires modest
physical activity.
• Low: You do not participate regularly in programmed recreational sport or heavy physical activity,
e.g. you walk only for pleasure or exercise hard enough to cause heavy breathing or perspiration
only occasionally.
In the training computer, these values are used to calculate your energy expenditure.
Heart Rate: HR
max
, HR
sit
HR
max
(Maximum heart rate): Your age-predicted HR
max
value (220 - age) is used as a default. Set
your HR
max
manually if your maximum heart rate has been determined in a lab, or if you have tested
your maximum heart rate in the field yourself.
HR
sit
(Heart rate value in a sitting position): Set your HR
sit
value if you have determined it according to
the instructions. For instructions, see ???.
Maximal Oxygen Intake: VO
2max
VO
2max
is your body’s maximum capacity for oxygen consumption during maximum exertion. The most
accurate way of determining VO
2max
is to perform a maximal stress test in a laboratory. If you know
your exact clinically-tested VO
2max
, set the value in the training computer. Otherwise, measure a
comparable value, OwnIndex, by taking the Polar Fitness Test. For further information, see ???.
If changes are made to the user settings, User settings updated is displayed.
You can change settings easily by using the software. For further information, see software help.
General Settings
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