Operation Manual

Polar BodyAge System
The test automatically advances to the next measurement.
When you complete all skinfold measurement, a pie chart will be generated showing the client’s
body composition.
Click OK to save the data and to return to the main screen.
About Cardiovascular Fitness
Cardiovascular or aerobic fitness relates to how well your cardiovascular system works to
transport oxygen to your body. The better the cardiovascular fitness, the stronger and more
efficient your heart is.
Having good cardiovascular fitness has many health benefits. For example, it decreases your risk
of cardiovascular diseases, stroke and high blood pressure.
To improve cardiovascular fitness, it takes a minimum of 6 weeks of regular training to see a
noticeable change. Less fit individuals tend to see improvement quicker. More active individuals
typically need more time to see progress.
Cardiovascular fitness is best improved by exercise types which use large muscle groups. Such
activities include walking, jogging, swimming, rowing, skating, cross-country skiing and cycling.
About the Polar Keeps U Fit Cardiovascular Program
Keeps U Fit -program is an exercise prescription tool, which allows creating a personal exercise
program for aerobic fitness maintenance or improvement. The improvement has two alternatives:
improve and maximize. The personalized program takes into account current fitness level and
how many times per week the client wants to exercise. Based on these values, daily and weekly
exercise targets are created. The program provides weekly calories and the number and duration
of weekly exercises. In addition, calories, duration and intensity are provided for individual
exercise sessions.
To get the individual exercise program, start by measuring the client's fitness level (VO
2max
or
Polar OwnIndex). Select the program target: maintain, improve or maximize your fitness. Target
selection affects the recommended weekly exercise number, intensity and duration. Easy and
hard exercise sessions alternate in the program to minimize the risk of fatigue and overtraining.
Goals:
Program goals are maintain (about 1.5hr/week), improve (about 3hr/week) and maximize (about
4.5hr/week) fitness. These all are related to the user's current fitness level (VO
2max
or OwnIndex).
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