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comfortable with. Monitor your recovery by performing the OwnOptimizer Test 2–3 times a week. Once you feel you have
recovered your balance, and your result shows Normal State or Good recovery, preferably more than once, you can then
consider resuming training. Once you start training again, begin a new testing period with new baseline measurements.
Before you radically change your training program, consider your OwnOptimizer results together with your subjective
feelings and any symptoms you may have. Repeat the OwnOptimizer test if you are unsure of the standardized
conditions. An individual test result can be affected by several external factors, such as mental stress, latent illness,
environmental changes (temperature, altitude), and others. You should update the baseline calculations at least once a
year, when you start a new training season.
OwnOptimizer Trend
Select Test > Optimizer > Trend
See how your OwnOptimizer value has been developing in the Trend menu. It includes 16 of your latest OwnOptimizer
values, and the dates when the results were recorded. When the trend file becomes full, the latest result automatically
replaces the oldest one.
The most recent test date, a graphical trend of your results, and the latest value are displayed. Press OK to see the written
description of the result.Scroll UP or DOWN to view other values.
Delete OwnOptimizer Value
Select Test > Optimizer > Trend
Select the value and press and hold LIGHT. Delete value? No/Yes is displayed. Confirm with OK.
Reset the Trend File
Select Test > Optimizer > Reset
You can reset the OwnOptimizer test period. All the test results will be deleted from the memory. When taking the test
after a 365-day test period, or for the first time in 30 days, Reset test period? is displayed.
Analyzing Results with Polar ProTrainer 5 software
Downloading test results to the Polar ProTrainer 5 software offers you the possibility of analyzing results in various ways,
as well as accessing more detailed information about your progress. The software also allows you to make graphical
comparisons with previous results. The Polar Fitness Test results are downloaded automatically to the software when you
download exercises using the Transfer Data option.
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