Specifications

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Exercising with Your
Polar Heart Rate
Monitor
Regular exercise helps you to sustain and improve your health
and fitness, as well as feel better. Exercising has also other
great benefits, you can reduce stress, learn to know your body’s
reactions and optimise your training time. Whether you are about
to start a regular exercise program or you already do sports
training, a Polar Heart Rate Monitor will help you to achieve your
personal fitness goals in less time, with greater safety.
The effect of your exercise program depends on four factors:
• Intensity of exercise
• Duration of exercise
• Frequency of exercise
• Mode of activity
Exercise may include some risk, especially for those who have
been sedentary. To minimise possible risks consider the
following advice.
Before beginning a regular exercise program consult your
doctor
• if you are over 35 years of age
• if you have not been following a regular
exercise program during the past 5 years
• if you smoke
• if you have high blood pressure
• if you have high blood cholesterol
• if you have any signs or symptoms of any disease
• if you are recovering from a serious illness
or a medical treatment e.g. surgery
• if you use a pacemaker or another implanted
electronic device.
5. Press and hold the left button to set the Lower Limit of
your personal Target Zone. The numbers will ascend
in units of 5.
6. Release the button, when the desired Lower Limit is reached.
Polar Favor automatically enters the heart rate
monitoring mode.
The Upper Limit cannot be set below the Lower Limit.
The Upper Limit value will automatically return to 240,
the highest possible setting, when it drops to the
Lower Limit value previously set. When the Lower
Limit value reaches the Upper Limit value,
the Lower Limit will be reset to 10, the lowest
possible setting.
It may be necessary to reduce the Lower Limit value
first and then return to set the Upper Limit.
FAVOR manual GBR/E 16/1/01, 13:0910-11