Exercise: Average heart rate of total exercise
A figure expressed in beats per minute (bpm) representing the average heart rate measured over a specific period of time (e.g. a training session). |
| Exercise: Exercise Date |
Exercise: Fitness bullets
A feature showing a bullet on the display of your heart rate monitor for every 10 minutes spent exercising/training in your target heart rate zone. |
| Exercise: HR-based target zones with audible alarm |
| Exercise: HR-based target zones with visual alarm |
Exercise: Polar Fitness Test™ with OwnIndex®
Measures your fitness level in 5 minutes. A fitness test that measures your aerobic/cardiovascular fitness at rest in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, predicts your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max).
With the Polar Fitness Test you can measure your aerobic fitness by yourself, automatically and without any exertion. No other equipment other than a heart rate monitor is needed. The Polar Fitness Test is as accurate in predicting the VO2maxas any sub-maximal fitness test.
The test is based on gender, age, height, body weight, level of physical activity, heart rate and heart rate variability at rest. The OwnIndex ranges usually from 20 to 95 and is comparable to VO2max, the golden standard of aerobic fitness.
OwnIndex is most meaningful when following changes in your fitness over a long period of time. Find out how fit you are for your age and gender by comparing your result to the global references listed in the Polar user's manuals.
With your Polar F11, you can also transfer your latest Polar Fitness Test (OwnIndex) results to polarpersonaltrainer.com. To transfer Polar Fitness Test (your OwnIndex) results: Press ‘OK’ and then down (the lower right button) until ‘Test’ is displayed. Press ‘OK’ and select 'SEND' with lower right button. |
Exercise: Polar Keeps U Fit ™ - Own Workout Program
Own workout program - Guides you to reach your personal fitness goals. The Polar Keeps U Fit - Own Workout Program gives you personal guidance - how often, how hard, and how long you need to exercise to reach your personal fitness goals. The feature is included in the Polar F11 and F55 Fitness Heart Rate Monitors. In addition, the program can be used free of charge in Polar Fitness Trainer web service.
To transfer Polar Keeps U Fit™ - Own Workout Program data: Press 'OK' and then down (the lower right button) until 'Program' is displayed. Press 'OK' and select 'SEND' with lower right button. |
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Exercise: OwnCal®
Counts and displays calorie expenditure. The Polar OwnCal feature shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions.
You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time e.g. one week, it helps in achieving both short term and long term goals. |
Exercise: Polar OwnCode® (5kHz)
Prevents cross-talk from other heart rate monitors. As more and more people use heart rate monitors today, preventing cross talk from other devices in group situations at the gym or when jogging with a friend becomes essential. The unique coded technology blocks unwanted signals from other heart rate monitors, ensuring disturbance-free transmission of your heart rate data. |
Exercise: Polar OwnZone®
Determines personal heart rate limits for an exercise session. The Polar OwnZone (OZ) feature determines an individual exercise zone. It guides you through an appropriate warm-up routine and automatically determines a safe and effective exercise heart rate zone - your OwnZone - while taking into account your current physical condition. Polar Heart Rate Monitors use multiple methods for determining your OwnZone. The primary method is to measure your heart rate variability during the warm-up period before exercising. If the measurement is not successful, your latest saved OwnZone limits are used. If there are no previous limits in the memory, the Polar Heart Rate Monitor will automatically calculate OwnZone limits based on your age-predicted maximum heart rate (220 minus age). You should determine your OwnZone at the beginning of your workout whenever you change exercise environment and/or exercise mode or if your mental state changes when feeling stressed, for instance. The OwnZone Basic corresponds to 65-85 % of the maximum heart rate. Exercise at the lower end of this intensity level can be conducted for extended periods safely and often yields the best results for weight control, while exercise at the upper end of this intensity produces the best results for improving cardiovascular (aerobic) fitness. The OwnZone Advanced feature consists of two training areas: OwnZone Low and OwnZone High, providing greater variations in exercising than the OwnZone Basic area, which can be rather wide for more focused training.
The OwnZone Light corresponds to 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. This intensity still feels fairly easy for most people. It helps in weight control and improves endurance and cardiovascular fitness.
The OwnZone Moderate corresponds to 70-80% of your maximum heart rate. This intensity is especially good for people who are exercising regularly. Exercising in this zone is particularly effective for improving cardiovascular fitness.
The OwnZone Hard corresponds to 80-90% of maximum heart rate. You will find yourself breathing heavily, having tired muscles and feeling fatigued. This intensity is recommended occasionally for fit people.
The OwnZone Weight corresponds to about 60-75% of your maximum heart rate. The OwnZone Weight is ideal for weight loss exercise for less fit individuals and for those recovering from sickness or intensive training. |
| Exercise: Wireless ECG accurate heart rate |
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Exercise: ZonePointer
A visible and moving symbol on the display of your Polar product indicating that you are inside the pre-set target zone. |
| Basic: Automatic age-based target zone (% / bpm) |
| Basic: Backlight |
| Basic: Graphical target zone indicator |
Basic: Heart rate (displayed as % of maximum heart rate)
A measurement of the work your heart does, expressed as % of your maximum heart rate. |
Basic: Heart rate (displayed as bpm)
A measurement of the work your heart does, expressed as the number of beats per minute (bpm). |
Basic: Heart rate sets: pre-program favorite exercise settings
1 set |
Basic: HeartTouch™, button-free operation of wrist unit
This function enables button free operation of certain main functions, e.g. when gloves make pressing buttons difficult. Acitivate the HeartTouch funtion by bringing your wrist unit close to the Polar logo on your tranmitter. The HeartTouch function operates only when wearing the transmitter. |
| Basic: KeyLock |
| Basic: Manual target zone (%/bpm) |
| Basic: Sound volume level setting |
Basic: Visual and audible alarm in target zones
A feature informing you every time your heart rate and/or speed/pace exceeds the upper limit or falls below the lower limit of your target zone during a training session. |
Basic: Water resistant
50m
Polar products may be worn when swimming. They are not, however, diving instruments. To maintain water resistance, do not press the buttons of the product under water. When measuring heart rate in water, you may experience interference for the following reasons:
Pool water with high chlorine content, and seawater are very conductive. The electrodes of the transmitter may short-circuit, preventing ECG signals from being detected by the transmitter.
Jumping into water or strenuous muscle movement during competitive swimming may shift the transmitter to a location on the body where ECG signals cannot be picked up.
The ECG signal strength is individual and may vary depending on the individual’s tissue composition. Problems occur more frequently when measuring heart rate in water.
In the watch industry water resistance is generally indicated as meters of water pressure, which means static pressure of water at the level in question. Polar uses this same indication system. Water resistance of Polar products is tested according to International Standard ISO 2281. Every Polar device that has water resistance indication is tested before the delivery to stand water pressure.
Polar products are divided into three different categories according to their water resistance. Check the back of your Polar product for the water resistance category, and compare it to the chart below. Please note that these definitions do not necessarily apply to products of other manufacturers.
When performing any underwater activity, the dynamic pressure generated by moving in water is greater than the static pressure. This means that moving the product under water subjects it to a greater pressure than if the product were stationary.
When it says "water resistant" it means alright to be exposed to wash splashed, sweat, raindrops.
When it is a Polar Wearlink, and says "water resistant up to 30m" it means alright to be exposed to wash splashed, sweat, raindrops, bathing, swimming.
When it says " water resistant up to 50m" it means alright to be exposed to wash splashed, sweat, raindrops, bathing, swimming.
When it says "water resistant up to 100m" it means alright to be exposed to wash splashed, sweat, raindrops, bathing, swimming and skin diving with snorkel (no air tanks). |
| Cycling: Bike mount - OPTIONAL (see accessories on this page) |
Computer connectivity: Edit wrist unit settings with Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product (UpLink)
Edit your wrist unit settings with a computer. Transfer data form PC to your wrist unit via UpLink. This tool enables audio transmission using loudspeakers and a sound card to transfer for example exercise sets and logos from your PC to your Polar wrist unit. |
Computer connectivity:Transfer exercise data from wrist unit to polarpersonaltrainer.com via Polar WebLink (SonicLink/Infrared)
Polar WebLink is a software used to transfer information from Polar products to the polarpersonaltrainer.com, the online training diary, for further analysis and storage. You can transfer data via IR communication.
Polar WebLink is compatible with the following Polar products:
AXN500, AXN700, CS200, CS300, CS400, CS600, F6, F11, F55, RS200, RS400, RS800, S410, S510, S520, S610, S610i, S625X, S710, S710i, S720i, S725, S725X, S810, S810i.
Transfer exercise data from your wrist unit to polarpersonaltrainer.com
polarpersonaltrainer.com is an interactive online service that completes your Polar Fitness Heart Rate Monitor. Simply, register yourself first at polarpersonaltrainer.com ( www.polarpersonaltrainer.com ). Then, get a Polar Keeps U Fit™ - Own Workout Program tailored to your personal exercise goals or plan your own exercises in the 'My Diary'.
After your exercise, the Polar WebLink software allows you to transfer your exercise data from your Polar F6, F11 and F55 quickly and easily. In the polarpersonaltrainer.com, you can then view graphical analysis and follow up on your training over long term. |
Computer connectivity: Transfer logos from Polar web site to wrist unit (UpLink)
You can personalize your Polar wrist unit display with a logo made by Polar designer or Polar product users worldwide. You can also create your own logo with the Polar ProTrainer 5 Software, Polar Precision Performance Software or Polar UpLink Tool and send it to us at tips@polar.fi to apply to get it published here. Please mention the Polar product model your logo is created for.
You can download logos to the following Polar products: Polar AXN300, AXN500, AXN700, CS100, CS100b, CS200, CS200cad, CS300, CS400, CS600, F6, F11, F55, RS100, RS200, RS200sd, RS400, RS400sd, RS800, RS800sd, S120, S150, S610, S610i, S625X, S710, S710i, S720i, S725, S725X, S810 and S810i. |
Recording: Average heart rate
A figure expressed in beats per minute (bpm) representing the average heart rate measured over a specific period of time (e.g. a training session). |
Recording: Calorie expenditure (Exercise/Weekly/Total/Fat%) - exe.total
The feature in Polar Heart Rate Monitors calculating the number of kilocalories expended during exercise is called OwnCal. This function allows you to follow the kilocalories expended during one exercise session (exercise on display) and cumulative kilocalories expended during several exercise sessions (total on display). The fat-burning percentage (fat% on display) estimate kilocalories expended from fat during a workout and is expressed as a percentage of the total kilocalories burned. |
Recording: Exercise Time (total)
The time you have trained with the stopwatch running. The Total Exercise Time feature keeps track of your cumulative training time since last resetting the counter. This feature gives you yet another way to set daily or weekly training goals for yourself. |
| Recording: Exercise file info page with date and time |
Recording: Fitness Exercise Diary
Monitors the weekly frequency, the total time, total training count and amount of calories burned during the training sessions. The intensities of the weekly workout sessions are also displayed. |
| Recording: Fitness Exercise Diary with personal targets |
| Recording: Last OwnIndex |
Recording: Maximum heart rate
The highest number of heart beats per minute (bpm) during maximum physical exertion. The HRmax -p score predicts your individual maximum heart rate. The most accurate way of determining your individual HRmax is to perform a maximal exercise stress test in a laboratory. For a rough estimate of your maximum heart rate subtract your age from 220. HRmax is a useful tool for determining the intensity of training.
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Recording: Number of exercise files (with summaries)
12 files - The number of exercise files stored in your heart rate monitor. An exercise file includes total exercise time, time in target zone and average heart rate. |
| Recording: Target zone limits |
Recording: Time in target zone
The Time in Target Zone feature calculates the amount of total training time spent in your personal target zone. You can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your training program. |
| Watch: Date and weekday indicator |
Watch: Dual time zone
A feature that allows you to choose between two time zones. |
| Watch: Exercise reminder (visual/alarm) |
| Watch: Low battery indicator |
| Watch: Time of day (12/24h) with alarm |
Transmitter: Polar Polar T31 coded™ transmitter
compatible |
Transmitter: Polar WearLink® 31 coded transmitter (changeable battery)
included in product |
