User Guide

The next time you train, your cycling computer will offer this exercise as default.
• View the exercise settings. Scroll UP or DOWN to view:
1. Basic exercise with 1-3 exercise zones: target heart rate or cadence* limits for each zone, timer/distance
for the zone, or
2. Exercise with phases: name, description, target exercise time. (Press and hold LIGHT to view the
exercise phases and chosen sport profile.)
• Edit Basic or OwnZone exercise to fit your needs. You can also edit exercise created with the cycling
computer. For further information, see Create New Exercises With Your Cycling Computer (page 10). If
you created exercise with the Polar ProTrainer 5 software that includes phases, you cannot edit them with
the cycling computer.
• Rename Basic, Interval or other exercise created with the cycling computer.
• Default Return to default settings of Basic, Interval or OwnZone exercise.
• Delete exercise you created using the cycling computer or the Polar ProTrainer 5 software.
* Optional sensor required.
Create New Exercises With Your Cycling Computer
Create a New Exercise with Zones
Create your own exercise with the cycling computer.
Select Settings > Exercise > Add new
1. Set the number of zones for the exercise (0-3) and press OK. Also see Creating a New Exercise Without
Zones.
2. Choose zone type:
A. Heart rate
B. Cadence*
Press OK.
A. For heart rate, select Sport zone, or Manual to set heart rate zone manually. Press OK.
• Sport zone: Select one of the sport zones (e.g. Z1: 50-59%HR
max
) for your exercise. Press OK to continue
to step 3.
Polar sport zones are heart rate intensity areas expressed in percentages of your maximum heart rate. Five
different sport zones are set in the cycling computer as a default: very light (50-59% HR
max
), light
(60-69% HR
max
), moderate (70-79% HR
max
), hard (80-89% HR
max
), and maximum (90-99% HR
max
).
Default HRmax value is age-based, but if you know your exact aerobic and anaerobic thresholds, have had
your maximum heart rate (HR
max
-p) predicted in a Polar Fitness Test™, tested your maximum heart rate
yourself or in a lab, then you can define sport zones will better suit your training needs.
• Manual: Set the high and low zone HR limits as beats per minute (bpm) or HR% and press OK to continue
to step 3.
B. If you selected cadence* zones, set the high and low zone limits. Press OK to continue to step 3.
• If you choose cadence as a zone type, the zones will be expressed in rounds per minute (rpm).
3. Set Zone guide to change zones after a specified time or distance. During your workout, the cycling
computer will alert you when changing zones.
• Timers: Set a timer for the zone (minutes and seconds) and press OK.
ENGLISH
10 Prepare for Training