POLAR F55 Fitness Watch
The Polar F55 provides you with the ultimate fitness experience. Because cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and relaxation are essential to maximum well being, the Polar F55 gives the modern fitness enthusiast a complete exercise session by adding new features like Body Workout and OwnRelax. Body Workout, a muscular strength-training guide can be adjusted according to the exerciser`s progress, provides basic guidance for strength training. The new OwnRelax feature, checks the body`s state of relaxation, and helps exercisers `listen` to their bodies, an essential component of fitness.
FEATURES:
- Wireless ECG accurate heart rate
- Polar OwnZone
- Polar OwnCal
- Polar Fitness Test with OwnIndex
- Polar OwnCode
- Polar Keeps U Fit - Own Workout Program
- Polar OwnRelax
- Polar Body Workout
- Target zones with visual alarm
- HR-based target zones with audible alarm
- Fitness Bullets (10 minutes in target zone)
- Average heart rate of total exercise
- Exercise Date
- ZonePointer
- Transfer exercise data from wrist unit to Polar Personal Trainer web service via Polar WebLink (SonicLink/Infrared)
- Transfer logos from Polar web site to wrist unit (UpLink)
- Edit wrist unit settings with Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product (UpLink)
- Internal / external non-Polar IrDA port
- UpLink data transfer
- Number of exercise files (with summaries): 12
- Exercise file info page with date and time
- Time in target zone
- Target zone limits
- Average heart rate
- Maximum heart rate
- Last OwnIndex
- Fitness Exercise Diary
- Fitness Exercise Diary with personal targets
- Heart rate (displayed as bpm)
- Heart rate (displayed as % of maximum heart rate)
- Visual and audible alarm in target zones
- Water resistant to 50m
- Backlight
- HeartTouch, button-free operation of wrist unit
- Sound volume level setting
- KeyLock
- Graphical target zone indicator
- Time of day (12/24h) with alarm
- Dual time zone
- Date and weekday indicator
- StopWatch
- Exercise reminder (visual/alarm)
- Low battery indicator
- Display text in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian
Polar Fitness Test with OwnIndex
Measures your fitness level in 5 minutes.
A fitness test that measures your aerobic/cardiovascular fitness at rest in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, predicts your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max).
With the Polar Fitness Test you can measure your aerobic fitness by yourself, automatically and without any exertion. No other equipment other than a heart rate monitor is needed. The Polar Fitness Test is as accurate in predicting the VO2maxas any sub-maximal fitness test.
The test is based on gender, age, height, body weight, level of physical activity, heart rate and heart rate variability at rest. The OwnIndex ranges usually from 20 to 95 and is comparable to VO2max, the golden standard of aerobic fitness.
OwnIndex is most meaningful when following changes in your fitness over a long period of time. Find out how fit you are for your age and gender by comparing your result to the global references listed in the Polar user`s manuals.
Polar OwnZone
Determines personal heart rate limits for an exercise session.
The Polar OwnZone (OZ) feature determines an individual exercise zone. It guides you through an appropriate warm-up routine and automatically determines a safe and effective exercise heart rate zone - your OwnZone - while taking into account your current physical condition.
Polar Heart Rate Monitors use multiple methods for determining your OwnZone. The primary method is to measure your heart rate variability during the warm-up period before exercising. If the measurement is not successful, your latest saved OwnZone limits are used. If there are no previous limits in the memory, the Polar Heart Rate Monitor will automatically calculate OwnZone limits based on your age-predicted maximum heart rate (220 minus age). You should determine your OwnZone at the beginning of your workout whenever you change exercise environment and/or exercise mode or if your mental state changes when feeling stressed, for instance.
The OwnZone Basic corresponds to 65-85 % of the maximum heart rate. Exercise at the lower end of this intensity level can be conducted for extended periods safely and often yields the best results for weight control, while exercise at the upper end of this intensity produces the best results for improving cardiovascular (aerobic) fitness.
The OwnZone Advanced feature consists of two training areas: OwnZone Low and OwnZone High, providing greater variations in exercising than the OwnZone Basic area, which can be rather wide for more focused training.
The OwnZone Light corresponds to 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. This intensity still feels fairly easy for most people. It helps in weight control and improves endurance and cardiovascular fitness.
The OwnZone Moderate corresponds to 70-80% of your maximum heart rate. This intensity is especially good for people who are exercising regularly. Exercising in this zone is particularly effective for improving cardiovascular fitness.
The OwnZone Hard corresponds to 80-90% of maximum heart rate. You will find yourself breathing heavily, having tired muscles and feeling fatigued. This intensity is recommended occasionally for fit people.
The OwnZone Weight corresponds to about 60-75% of your maximum heart rate. The OwnZone Weight is ideal for weight loss exercise for less fit individuals and for those recovering from sickness or intensive training
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