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Your OwnOptimizer result indicates that you have had a very intensive training period for several days
or weeks. Your heart rate has continuously remained at a high level. This seriously indicates that you
should have a complete recovery period. The longer you have trained intensively, the longer the
recovery period required to recover. Perform the test again after at least two days of recovery.
Sympathetic Overtraining (8)
Your OwnOptimizer result indicates that you have had a very intensive training period for several days
or weeks, and your recovery has not been sufficient. This has resulted in a state of overtraining. To
return to a normal training state, rest for a carefully monitored recovery period. Follow your recovery by
performing the OwnOptimizer Test 2–3 times a week.
Parasympathetic Overtraining (9)
Your heart rate has stayed at a low level, which is generally interpreted as a sign of a good recovery.
However, other parameters indicate parasympathetic overtraining. You may have trained with high
volumes for a long time, and recovery may not have been sufficient. Check for other signs of
overtraining, such as decreased performance, increased fatigue, mood disturbances, sleeping
problems, persistent muscle soreness, and/or a feeling of being burnt out or stale. You may also have
been subjected to other stresses.
In general, the development of parasympathetic overtraining requires a long history of heavy training
volumes. To recover from a state of parasympathetic overtraining, you have to recover body balance
completely. Recovering may take several weeks. You should not exercise, instead rest completely for
most of the recovery period. You can possibly have a few days with some light aerobic training in short
sessions, and only occasionally include short, high-intensity sessions.
You can also consider doing a sport other than your main sport. However, it should be one you are
familiar and 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
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