Polar RS800CX Prepare for Training, Plan Your Training, Exercise Types, Create New Exercises

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4. PREPARE FOR TRAINING

Plan Your Training

Exercise Types

You can utilize the installed ready-made exercises or create your own using the training computer. Create more versatile ones and transfer them to the training computer by using the Polar ProTrainer 5.

Select Settings > Exercise

The Exercise menu shows a list of exercises. Navigate through the options with UP or DOWN and view the exercise by pressing OK.

•Free: Free exercise with no preset settings.

•Basic: Basic training with moderate intensity. Duration around 45 min.

•Interval: Basic interval training. Exercise starts with a 15-minute warm-up, followed by a 1km interval and a 3-minute recovery period, repeated 5 times. The session ends with a 15-minute cool-down.

•OwnZone: The training computer automatically determines your individual aerobic (cardiovascular) heart rate zone. This is called OwnZone. Suggested duration for the exercise is 45 minutes. For further information, see Determine Your OwnZone (page 21). Additional background information can be found in OwnZone Training (page 54).

•Add new: Create and save your own basic exercise. You can store a total of 10 exercises + 1 Free exercise in your training computer.

After selecting the exercise, the following options are displayed. Select the desired option and press OK.

1.Select the exercise as a default exercise. The next time you train, your training computer will offer this exercise as a default.

2.View the exercise settings. Scroll UP or DOWN to view:

a.Basic exercise with 1-3 exercise zones: target heart rate zone, speed/pace or cadence limits for each zone, timer/distance* for the zone, or

b.Exercise created with the software: name, description, target exercise time. (Press and hold LIGHT to view the exercise phases and chosen sport profile.)

3.Edit Basic or OwnZone exercise according to personal requirements. You can also edit an exercise created with the training computer. For further information, see Create New Exercises (page 9). If you created an exercise with the software that includes phases, you cannot edit them with the training computer.

4.Rename Basic, Interval or other exercise created with the training computer.

5.Default - Return to default settings of Basic, Interval or OwnZone exercise.

6.Delete exercises created with the training computer or the software.

Create New Exercises

Create a New Exercise with Zones

Create your own exercises with the training computer. You can create more diversified exercises by using Polar ProTrainer 5. For further information, see software help.

Select Settings > Exercises > Add new

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