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• Avoid heavy physical exertion, alcohol, and pharmaceutical stimulants on the test day and the previous
day.
• You should be relaxed and calm. Lie down and relax for 1-3 minutes before starting the test.
BEFORE THE TEST
Before starting the test, make sure your physical settings including training background are accurate in
Settings > Physical settings.
Wear your M430 snugly on top of your wrist, just behind the wrist bone. The heart rate sensor on the back of
the M430 must be in constant touch with your skin, but the wristband should not be too tight to prevent blood
flow.
You can also perform the Fitness test by measuring your heart rate with a compatible Polar heart rate
sensor. When you're wearing a Polar heart rate sensor that's paired with your M430, the M430 automatically
uses the connected sensor to measure your heart rate during the test.
PERFORMING THE TEST
To perform the fitness test, go to
Tests > Fitness Test > Relax and start the test.
• Searching for heart rate is displayed. When heart rate is found, a heart rate graph, your current heart
rate and
Lie down & relax is shown on the display. Stay relaxed and limit body movements and com-
munication with other people.
• You can interrupt the test in any phase by pressing BACK. Test canceled is shown.
If M430 cannot receive your heart rate signal, the message
Test failed is shown. In which case, you should
check that the heart rate sensor on the back of the M430 is in constant touch with your skin. See Training with
wrist based heart rate for detailed instructions on wearing your M430 when measuring heart rate from your
wrist.
TEST RESULTS
When the test is over, you hear two beeps along with a description of your fitness test result and your
estimated VO
2max
is displayed.
Update to VO2max to physical settings? is shown.
• Select Yes to save the value to your Physical settings.
• Select No only if you know your recently measured VO
2max
value, and if it differs more than one fitness
level class from the result.