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8.Target Heart Rate Zone

9.Self Walk Test by Polar and UKK InstituteTM

Your target heart rate zone is a range between the lower and upper heart rate limits expressed as beats per minute (bpm) or as percentages of your

maximum heart rate (HRmax). HRmax = The highest number of heartbeats per minute during maximum

physical exertion.

To find your maximum heart rate, you can use the age formula, HRmax = 220 - age. For a more accurate measurement of your HRmax visit your doctor or exercise physiologist for an exercise stress test.

You can set your target limits in beats per minute or as percentages of your maximum heart rate. The percentage limits can not be set if you have not set your birthday. When you set your birthday, the wrist unit automatically calculates the limits, which are 65-85% of your estimated maximum heart rate.

Target Heart Rate Intensity Zones

When your heart beats at 60-70% of your HRmax, you are in the Light Intensity Zone. This intensity

still feels fairly easy for most people. It helps in weight control and improves endurance and cardiovascular (aerobic) fitness.

Push on to 70-80% of your HRmax, and you are in the Moderate Intensity Zone. This is especially good

for people who are exercising regularly. Exercising in this zone is particularly effective for improving cardiovascular fitness.

At 80-90% of your HRmax, you have moved into the Hard Intensity Zone. You will find yourself breathing

heavily, having tired muscles and feeling fatigued. This intensity is recommended occasionally for fit people.

The table below contains target heart rate intensity zones in beats per minute (bpm) estimated by age in 5-year intervals. Calculate your own HRmax, write down your own target heart rate zones and select the ones suitable for your exercise.

	HRmax	Light	Moderate	Hard
Age	HRmax	Intensity	Intensity	Intensity
Age	(220–age)	60-70% of HRmax	70-80% of HRmax	80-90% of HRmax

20	200	120-140	140-160	160-180
25	195	117-137	137-156	156-176
30	190	114-133	133-152	152-171
35	185	111-130	130-148	148-167
40	180	108-126	126-144	144-162
45	175	105-123	123-140	140-158
50	170	102-119	119-136	136-153
55	165	99-116	116-132	132-149
60	160	96-112	112-128	128-144
65	155	93-109	109-124	124-140

In exercise, different heart rate zones produce different health and fitness benefits. The heart rate zones that suit you depend on your goal and your basic physical condition. Remember to alternate between intensity zones to get variation in your exercise!

Self Walk Test by Polar and UKK Institute is based on 1.24 miles/2 km brisk walk on a hard, even surface. The test especially measures cardiorespiratory fitness. The result of the test WalkIndex™ is based on age, body mass index, walking time and your heart rate at the end of the walk. It tells how fit you are compared to others your age and gender. WalkIndex corresponds to VO2max (ml/kg/min).

The test has been designed for healthy persons between the ages of 20 and 65. It does not give dependable results for people outside this age range or for those who are highly fit.

The Self Walk Test has been designed to be performed after a supervised test in order to get the most reliable result. Anyone who participates in this test does so at his or her own risk.

Check your suitability to be tested by answering the following questions:

yes no

1.Do you have a heart defect or suffer from heart disease?

2.Are your joints sore, inflamed or swollen?

3.Do you experience tightness, burning sensations or pressure in your chest when you walk?

4.Do you feel faint or dizzy when you walk?

5.Do you feel excessively tired?

6.Are you on medication?

If you answered ‘no’ to all of the above questions, you can perform the Self Walk Test safely.

If you answered one or more questions with ‘yes’, consult your doctor before carrying out the test.

Carrying out the Test

1.On the Time of day display, scroll up or down until WALKTEST is displayed. Press OK.

The wrist unit guides you through the necessary settings unless you have done them earlier.

2.Press OK to start the 5 minute warm up. At the end of the warm up you will hear an alarm sound. In case you already warmed up, you can skip the warm up by pressing OK.

3.When START is displayed after the warm up, start the test by pressing OK. The heart rate appears on the display in few seconds.

4.Walk exactly 1.24 miles/2 km on a hard, even surface (road or track) as fast as you can and at an even pace. If your heart rate decreases under the lower limit, WALK FASTER appears and the wrist unit begins beeping. Increase the walking speed.

5.Press OK at the end of the test.

6.Your WalkIndex, its interpretation and the date are displayed. Fitness category compares your WalkIndex with respect to others in the same age group (20 – 65 years). The latest WalkIndex is automatically updated to the file after the test.

7.Press OK to return to the Time of day display.

8.Stretch out after the test.

If you do not want to have the sound signal on during the test, press and hold Signal/Light

button. disappears from the display.

You can interrupt the test anytime during the test by pressing OK.

WalkIndex and Fitness Categories (VO2max, ml/kg/min)

10.Resetting

11.Care and Maintenance

WOMEN

Age	Very poor	Poor	Fair
(years)
20-24	< 27	27-31	32-36
25-29	< 26	26-30	31-35
30-34	< 25	25-29	30-33
35-39	< 24	24-27	28-31
40-44	< 22	22-25	26-29
45-49	< 21	21-23	24-27
50-54	< 19	19-22	23-25
55-59	< 18	18-20	21-23
60-65	< 16	16-18	19-21

MEN

Age
(years)	Very poor	Poor	Fair
20-24	< 32	32-37	38-43
25-29	< 31	31-35	36-42
30-34	< 29	29-34	35-40
35-39	< 28	28-32	33-38
40-44	< 26	26-31	32-35
45-49	< 25	25-29	30-34
50-54	< 24	24-27	28-32
55-59	< 22	22-26	27-30
60-65	< 21	21-24	25-28

Average	Good	Very good	Excellent
37-41	42-46	47-51	>51
36-40	41-44	45-49	>49
34-37	38-42	43-46	>46
32-35	36-40	41-44	>44
30-33	34-37	38-41	>41
28-31	32-35	36-38	>38
26-29	30-32	33-36	>36
24-27	28-30	31-33	>33
22-24	25-27	28-30	>30
Average	Good	Very good	Excellent
Average	Good	Very good	Excellent
44-50	51-56	57-62	>62
43-48	49-53	54-59	>59
41-45	46-51	52-56	>56
39-43	44-48	49-54	>54
36-41	42-46	47-51	>51
35-39	40-43	44-48	>48
33-36	37-41	42-46	>46
31-34	35-39	40-43	>43
29-32	33-36	37-40	>40

Very poor - fair:

Increase exercise for health and fitness benefits.

Average:

Maintain current exercise habits to ensure good health. Exercise increase is recommended for fitness improvement.

Good - exellent:

Maintain current exercise habits for good health and fitness.

References:

•Shvartz E, Reibold RC: Aerobic fitness norms for males and females aged 6 to 75 years: Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 61:3-11, 1990.

•Guide for The UKK Institute 2-km Walking Test. UKK Institute 1993.

•Laukkanen R. Development and evaluation of a 2-km walking test for assessing maximal aerobic power of adults in field conditions. Doctoral thesis. Kuopio University Publications D. Medical Sciences 23. Kuopio 1993.

Resetting clears the settings which return to the default values.

If there are no reactions to any buttons, reset the wrist unit.

1.Press Reset button with a pen tip. Display becomes full of digits.

2.Press any of the four buttons once.

If you don’t press any button after resetting, within one minute the wrist unit goes to the battery saving mode.

Wake up by pressing any of the buttons twice.

Your Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument and should be treated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the guarantee obligations and enjoy the product for many years to come.

Taking Care of Your Polar Heart Rate Monitor

•Clean the transmitter regularly after use with a mild soap and water solution. Dry it carefully with a soft towel. Keep the wrist unit clean and wipe off any moisture. Never use alcohol or any abrasive material such as steel wool or cleaning chemicals.

•Do not dry the transmitter in any other way than with a towel. Mishandling may damage the electrodes.

•Never store the transmitter wet. Sweat and moisture can keep its electrodes wet and the transmitter activated, which shortens the battery life span.

•Store your heart rate monitor in a cool and dry place. Do not store it in any kind of non-breathing material, such as a plastic bag or a sports bag if it is wet.

•Do not bend or stretch the transmitter. This may damage the electrodes.

•Keep your heart rate monitor out of extreme

cold and heat. The operating temperature is 14 °F to 122 °F/ -10 °C to +50 °C.

•Do not expose the heart rate monitor to direct sunlight forextended periods, such as by leaving it in a car.

Service

During the two-year guarantee/warranty period we recommend that you have service done by an authorized Polar Service Centre. The warranty does not cover damage or consequential damage caused by service not authorized by Polar Electro.

Transmitter Battery

The estimated average battery life span of the transmitter is 2500 hours of use. If you suspect that the transmitter battery has run out, contact your authorized Polar Service Centre for a replacement transmitter. Polar recycles used transmitters.

Wrist Unit Battery

The estimated average battery life span of the wrist unit is one year in normal use (including 2h/day, 7 days a week of exercising). Please note that excessive use of the alarm signals drain the battery more rapidly. Do not open the wrist unit yourself. To ensure the water resistance properties and the use of authorized components, the wrist unit battery should be replaced by an authorized Polar Service Centre only. At the same time a full periodic check of the Polar heart rate monitor will be done.

12.Precautions

12.1Interference During Exercise

Electromagnetic Interference

Disturbances may occur near high voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor driven exercise equipment, cellular phones, or when you walk through electric security gates.

Exercise Equipment

Several pieces of exercise equipment with electronic or electrical components such as LED displays, motors, and electrical brakes may cause interfering stray signals. To try to tackle these problems, relocate the wrist unit as follows:

1.Remove the transmitter from your chest and use the exercise equipment as you would normally.

2.Relocate the wrist unit until you find an area in, which it displays no stray reading and 00 is displayed. Interference is often worst right in front of the display panel of the equipment, while the left or right side of the display is relatively free of disturbance.

3.Put the transmitter back on your chest and keep the wrist unit in this interference-free area as far as it is possible.

4.If the Polar heart rate monitor still does not work with the exercise equipment, this piece of equipment may be electrically too noisy for wireless heart rate measurement.

Crosstalk

Polar F5 wrist unit picks up transmitter signals within 3 feet/1 meter. Other signals, picked up simultaneously from more than one transmitter, can cause incorrect readouts.

Using The Polar Heart Rate Monitor in a Water Environment

Your Polar heart rate monitor is water resistant to 100 feet/30 meters. To maintain the water resistance, do not press the buttons of the wrist unit under water.

Users measuring their heart rate in water may experience interference for the following reasons:

•Pool water with high chlorine content and seawater are very conductive. The electrodes of a transmitter may short-circuit, which prevents ECG signals from being detected by the transmitter.

•Jumping into water or strenuous muscle movement during competitive swimming may cause water resistance that shifts the transmitter on the body to a location where it is not possible to pick up ECG signals.

•The ECG signal strength depends on the individual and also varies depending on an individual’s tissue composition. The percentage of people who have problems in heart rate measuring is considerably higher in water than in other environments.

12.2 Minimizing Possible Risks when Exercising

Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have been sedentary.

Before starting a regular exercise program you are recommended to answer to the following questions for health status checking. If the answer is yes to any of the questions, we recommend that you consult a doctor before starting an exercise program.

•Have you been physically inactive for the past 5 years?

•Do you have high blood pressure?

•Do you have high blood cholesterol?

•Do you have symptoms of any disease?

•Are you taking any blood pressure or heart medication?

•Do you have a history of breathing problems?

•Are you recovering from a serious illness or medical treatment?

•Do you use a pacemaker or another implanted electronic device?

•Do you smoke?

•Are you pregnant?

Note that in addition to activity intensity, heart, blood pressure, psychical conditions, asthma, breathing etc. medication as well as some energy drinks, alcohol and nicotine can affect your heart rate.

It is important to be sensitive to your body’s reactions during exercise. If you feel unexpected pain or excessive fatigue when exercising, it is recommended to stop the exercise or continue at a lighter intensity.

Notice to persons with pacemakers, defibrillator or other implanted electronic device. Persons who have a pacemaker use the Polar Heart Rate Monitor at their own risk. Before starting use, we always recommend an exercise test under doctor’s supervision. The test is to ensure the safety and reliability of the simultaneous use of the pacemaker and the heart rate monitor.

If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with the skin or if you suspect an allergic reaction due to using the product, check the listed materials in the "Technical Specifications" chapter. To avoid any skin reaction risk with the transmitter, wear it over a shirt. However, moisten the shirt well under the electrodes to ensure flawless operation.

13.Technical Specifications

14.Limited Polar International Guarantee

15.Disclaimer

All Polar heart rate monitors are designed to indicate the level of physiological strain and intensity in sports and exercise. No other use is intended or implied. Heart rate is displayed as number of heartbeats per minute (bpm).

Polar Transmitter

Battery type: Built-in Lithium Cell

Battery life: Average 2500 hours of use

Operating temperature: 14 °F to 122 °F / -10 °C to +50 °C

Material: Polyurethane Waterproof

Elastic Strap

Buckle material: Polyurethane

Fabric material: Nylon, polyester and natural rubber including a small amount of latex

Wrist Unit

Battery type: CR 2032

Battery life: Average 1 year (2h/day, 7 days/week)

Operating temperature: 14 °F to 122 °F / -10 °C to +50 °C

Water resistance: to 100 feet/30 meters, OK button can be pressed in water

Wrist strap: Polyurethane

Wrist strap buckle: Polyoxymethylene

Back cover: Stainless steel complying with the EU Directive 94/27/EU and its amendment 1999/C 205/05 on the release of nickel from products intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.

Accuracy of heart rate measurement: ± 1% or ± 1 bpm, whichever larger, definition applies to steady state conditions

Default settings
Time of day	12h
Alarm clock	OFF
Zone alarm	On
Age	0
Upper Limit	160
Lower Limit	80
Limit values
Chronometer	23 h 59 min 59 s
Heart rate limits	30 – 199 bpm
Total time	99 h 59 min 59 s
Age range for Self Walk Test	20 – 65
Time range for Self Walk Test	7 – 25 min
Birthday year range	1900 – 1999

•This limited Polar international guarantee is issued by Polar Electro Inc. for the consumers who have purchased this product in the USA or Canada.

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•Polar Electro Inc. / Polar Electro Oy guarantees to the original consumer/ purchaser of this product that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase.

•Please keep the receipt or International Guarantee Card, which is your proof of purchase!

•The guarantee does not cover the battery, damage due to misuse, abuse, accidents or non-compliance with the precautions; improper maintenance, commercial use, cracked or broken cases and elastic strap.

•Guarantee does not cover any damage/s, losses, costs or expenses, direct, indirect or incidential, consequential or special, arising out of, or related to the product. During the guarantee period the product will be either repaired or replaced at an authorized service center free of charge.

•This guarantee does not affect the consumer’s statutory rights under applicable national or state laws in force, or the consumer’s rights against the dealer arising from their sales/ purchase contract.

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This product is protected by one or several of the following patents:

FI 88223, DE 4215549, FR 92.06120, GB 2257523, HK 113/1996, SG 9591671-4, US 5491474, FI 88972, DE 9219139.8, FR 92.09150, GB 2258587,

HK 306/1996, SG 9592117-7, US 5486818, FI 96380, US 5611346, EP 665947, DE 69414362, FI 68734, DE 3439238, GB 2149514, HK 812/1989, US 4625733, FI 100924, FI 100452, US 5840039, FI 4150,

DE 20008882.3, FR 0006504, FI 4069, US 6272365, FR 9907823, GB 2339833, DE 29910633, FI 104463, US 6183422, FI 4157, DE 20008883.1, FR 0006778, WO 97/33512, GB 2326240.

Other patents pending.

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