To find your target heart rate zone, you need
to know your maximum heart rate (HRmax).
To estimate your HRmax, use the following
formula:
HRmax = 220 – age
Your HRmax = 220 – ______ = ________
Your target heart rate zone is a range between
the lower and upper heart rate limits expressed
as percentages of your maximum heart rate
(HRmax).
When your heart beats at 50-60% of your HR
max,
you're in the zone. This kind oflight intensity
exercise is easy; ex. daily activities and light
chores. It delivers some health benefits.
Push on to 60-70% of your HR
max and you're in
the light to moderate intensity zone. This is good
for improving health, fitness and for weight loss.
It also improves endurance.
At 70-85% of your HRmax, you've moved into
the zone. This ismoderate to heavy intensity
harder work, but effective for strengthening
aerobic fitness and endurance especially for
people exercising more regularly.
Find out your target zones:
Light intensity:
upper limit 0.60 x your HRmax =
lower limit 0.50 x your HRmax =
Light to moderate intensity:
upper limit 0.70 x your HRmax =
lower limit 0.60 x your HRmax =
Moderate to heavy intensity:
upper limit 0.85 x your HRmax =
lower limit 0.70 x your HRmax =
Target Heart Rate Zone
5. Minimising Possible Risks in Exercising with Heart Rate Monitor
6.
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).
Transmitter
Battery type: Built-in Lithium Cell
Battery life: Average 2500 hours of use
Operating temperature: -10 C to +50 C / 14 F to 122 F° ° ° °
Material: Polyurethane
Waterproof
Elastic Strap
Buckle material: Polyurethane
Fabric material: Nylon, polyester and natural rubber
including a small amount of latex
Wrist Receiver
Battery type: CR 2025
Battery life: Average 2 years (2h/day, 7 days/week)
Operating temperature: -10 C to +50 C / 14 F to 122 F° ° ° °
Water resistance: to 30 metres/100 feet
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
Total exercise time: .....................................9 h 59 min
Exercise time display < 1 h: .........................mm:ss
Exercise time display > 1 h: .........................hh:mm
Minimum duration of recorded exercise: ..1 min
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7. 8. 9.
Reference: American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines
for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.
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 to
consult a doctor before starting an exercise
program.
• Have you not exercised 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 exercise intensity,
medications for heart, blood pressure, psyche,
asthma, breathing etc. as well as some energy
drinks, alcohol and nicotine, can affect 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.