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Training Targets

Create detailed training targets in the Flow web service and sync them to your M400 via Flowsync software or Flow app. During training you can easily follow the guidance on your device.

  • Quick Target: Fill in one value. Choose a duration, distance or calorie target.
  • Phased Target: You can split your training into phases and create a different target duration or distance and intensity for each of them. This one is for e.g. creating an interval training session, and adding proper warmup and cool down phases to it.
  • Favorites: Create a target, and add it to Favorites to easily access it every time want to perform it again.

Remember to sync your training targets to your M400 from the Flow web service via FlowSync or Flow App. If you do not sync them, they are only visible in your Flow web service Diary or Favorites list.

Create a Training Target

  1. Go to Diary, and click Add > Training target.
  2. In the Add training target view, choose Quick, Phased or Favorite (Race Pace target can be synced to Polar V800 only).

Quick Target

  1. Choose Quick
  2. Choose Sport, enter Target name (required), Date (optional) and Time(optional) and any Notes (optional) you want to add.
  3. Fill in one of the following values: duration, distance or calories . You can only fill in one of the values.
  4. Click Save to add the target to your Diary, or the favorites icon to add it to your Favorites.

Phased target

  1. Choose Phased
  2. Choose Sport, enter Target name (required), Date (optional) and Time(optional) and any Notes (optional) you want to add.
  3. Add phases to your target. Choose distance or duration for each phase, manual or automatic next phase start and the intensity.
  4. Click Save to add the target to your Diary, or the favorites icon to add it to your Favorites.

Favorites

If you have created a target, and added it to your favorites you can use it as a scheduled target.

  1. Choose Favorites. Your training target favorites are shown.
  2. Click the favorite you want to use as a template for your target.
  3. Choose Sport, enter Target name (required), Date (optional) and Time(optional) and any Notes (optional) you want to add.
  4. You can edit the target if you wish, or leave it as it is.
  5. Click Update changes to save changes made to the favorite. Click Add to diary to add the target to your Diary without updating the favorite.

After syncing your training targets to your M400, you can find:

  • Scheduled training targets in Diary (current week and the next 4 weeks)
  • Training targets listed as favorites in Favorites

When starting your session, access your target from Diary or Favorites.

For information on starting a training target session, see Start a Training Session