Part II
Getting to Know Fluid Loss
When exercising, your body regulates temperature through sweat loss, heat radiation and respiration. Dehydration reduces maximal aerobic power and endurance performance. Greater dehydration results with greater decrements in performance. The Fluid CheckTM feature provides feedback to you with respect to your dehydration level. See page 88 for Fluid CheckTM Monitoring Tips and Guidelines.
Fluid CheckTM feature is controlled by the stopwatch. If you have turned on the Fluid CheckTM feature, the watch will show the fluid loss value in the Recall Data Mode. When in the Chrono Mode, the watch display will flash and the watch will beep each time your fluid loss equals .5% of your body weight. The higher the amount of fluid loss, the faster it will beep.
Tips:
1)If you did the Personal MET Calibration ( Optional ) and take the Transmitter Belt with you during exercise, the watch will calculate the amount of your fluid loss by detecting the physiological changes of your body ( see page 37 ) .
2)If you have no Transmitter Belt (or forgot take it with you), you would need to manually input Exercise Type & Intensity (see page 35).
Note: Unless the stopwatch is running, the Fluid CheckTM feature will automatically turn off at the midnight (i.e. 12:00 PM).
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