Training

Active Time

Altitude and heart rate
High altitude affects heart rate levels.

Article: Exercise and heart rate

Article: Heart Rate Monitors - state of the art
Article in Journal of Sports Sciences 16:S3-S7, 1998

Article: The new heart rate based test gives a pre-warning of an overtraining condition
Modified from an article in Sport & Medicine Today 1(1):113, 1998

Average Heart Rate
The Average Heart Rate function can be used as a tool of following your fitness level trend.

Basic Example of Interval Training

Body Mass Index, BMI
The most convenient way to determine whether a person is at his/her ideal body weight is to use the Body Mass Index, BMI.

Body Workout
Develop general muscular fitness and increase fat-free mass with Polar Body Workout™.

Competitive Training

Development and Validation of Polar Features

Difference between heart rate and pulse
There is a significant difference between pulse and heart rate measurements during exercise

Exercise dose and kilocalories
Exercise dose can be determined using kilocalories.

Exercise heart rate and target heart rate zones
Target heart rate zones calculated from HRmax.

Fitness tests for aerobic (cardiovascular) fitness

Heart rate reserve, HRR
The heart rate zone between maximun heart rate ans resting heart rate

Heart rate variation, HRV

How fit am I compared to the population
Fitness classification in Polar Fitness Test

How is the Polar Fitness Test carried out
Instructions how to carry out Polar Fitness Test.

How soon can the improvement in fitness be seen

How to avoid wrong result in Polar Fitness Test
Instructions for performing the Polar Fitness Test.

How to determine maximum heart rate

How to determine resting heart rate

How to interpret OwnOptimizer results
Polar unit will display a written description of your training status.

How to perform Orthostatic Test
Orthostatic test is a tool for analyzing athlete's recovery.

How to perform Polar Fitness Test
See here how to do Polar Fitness Test with FT40, FT60 and FT80 training computers.

How to utilize running cadence and stride length information in your training
There are two ways to run faster: moving your legs at a higher cadence or taking longer steps. By utilizing cadence and stride length information given by your Training Computer you can maximize your running performance.

How to utilize Running Index in your training
Running Index offers an easy way to monitor performance changes. By recording your Running Index over time, you can monitor progress.

Information about Polar Fitness Test and fitness testing in general

Information about Polar OwnCal calorie counting feature

Information about Polar OwnZone feature

Keeps U Fit - Own Workout Progam
Guides you to reach your personal fitness goals.

Maximum heart rate, HRmax
The highest heart rate achieved in an all-out effort.

Maximum oxygen uptake, VO2max
Definition of VO2max.

Monitor Your Activity with Polar AW200

Occupational Medicine

Orthostatic Test

Other Exercise Issues

Other Medical Issues

Overview of interval training

Pacing yourself using Average Heart Rate
In endurance training and racing, you can use your Average Heart Rate function to determine how well you're improving and to analyze your pace and race strategy.

Performance and Fitness Testing

Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure Assessment

Polar Activity Zones
Basic information about the Polar Activity Zones and their effects on your health and fitness.

Polar Sport Zones / Cycling
Polar Training Intensity Guidance

Polar Sport Zones / Running
Polar Sport Zones provide an easy way to select and monitor the intensity of your training.

Rehabilitation

Relationship between cardiac output, stroke volume and heart rate

Resting heart rate, HRrest
The lowest heart rate achieved in complete rest

Scientific development and evaluation of the Polar Fitness Test - including practical conduction of the test

Scientific development and evaluation of the Polar OwnZone feature

Self Walk Test by Polar and UKK InstituteTM
A great way to test your physical fitness

Studies on Animals

The effect of health status and medication on heart rate

The Heart's Function
Heart is the pump of cardiovascular system.

The Weight Management Food Pyramid
The Weight Management Food Pyramid helps you to choose your food.

Tip for using OwnCal feature
Setting exercise goals using OwnCal feature.

Tip for using OwnZone feature
Practical tips how you can make good use of the OwnZone feature

Tips during exercise (Polar S710/S710i)
Quick tips which can help during exercise

Tips during exercise (S210, S410, S510)
Quick tips which can help during exercise

Tips during exercise (S610)
Quick tips which can help during exercise

Training for Fitness and Health

UKK Walk Test
The UKK Walk Test measures a person's aerobic fitness.

Validity and Reliability of the Heart Rate Monitors

Waist Circumference
Where excess body fat is stored in the body provides information on potential health risks.

What is aerobic (cardiovascular) fitness?
Having good cardiovascular fitness has many health benefits. For example, it decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases, stroke, high blood pressure and other diseases.

Who benefits from heart rate monitoring?

Why is it important to monitor your heart rate during exercise?
Heart rate indicates exercise intensity.

Why to test your fitness?
Benefits of fitness testing

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