Comments on: Polar s810 Protects You From Overtraining

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:43:57 +0000

The RS800 puts my max HR at 188-190 depending on how much training I’ve been doing and that seems to be about right as I’ve had my HR at 183-185 during some intense, but not all out climbs. I guess my max HR could be even higher, but 189 seems to be accurate enough for me.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:10:05 +0000

I have the Polar CS600 pro edition, and the test takes 6 min. as Jason explains. Tuesday the 22 sept. 2009, I took the test in the morning showing me recovery 2, and a max HR at 184. But 3 hours later the same day I took a cycling-test (incl. Wingate, FTH etc.) by a professional, and at that test my max HR got all the way up to 191. So the watch have a litle error-margin there at 3-4%. It is always a little bit lower than my actual, but then again, it is a fantastic feature and I use it a lot….

Kind Regards
Michael

By: srm

srm — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:59:23 +0000

Thanks Jason – appreciate the feedback!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:54:28 +0000

I have the RS800sd and it has the same feature. The test takes about 6 minutes. The first half is resting (sitting or lying down) and the second half is standing. When the test is finished, the watch reports resting heart rate, standing heart rate, maximum heart rate (during the test), and a number from 1 to 9 that indicates your state of recovery/overtraining.

srm – that recovery number is the difference between your heart rate at the beginning and end of the selection. I don’t think it has anything to do with physical recovery, although there is probably some correlation between your state of recovery and how quickly your heart rate can change.

By: Frank Bongiorno

Frank Bongiorno — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:09:33 +0000

Can I use the Polar S810 for measuring HRV during sleep, then in the morning download the HRV measurement to software for analysis?

Kind regards

Frank Bongiorno