DESCRIPTION

The Suunto t3 helps you train with confidence by providing real-time information on the aerobic benefit of each workout. Are you over or under-training? Sweating hard enough to reach your goals? The Suunto t3 knows and tells with real-time Training Effect.



Suunto T3 Features
• Real-time Training Effect
• Current heart rate, average heart rate and maximum heart rate
• Real-time calories burned
• Three-tier zone training system with alarms
• 2 adjustable HR limits with alarms
• Speed and distance with optional Foot POD, Bike POD or GPS POD
• Compatible with PC POD
• Dual time, date and alarm
• Log memory for 15 workouts
• Stopwatch with 50 split laps
• Interval timer
• User-replaceable battery
• HR Belt with error-free ANT transmission technology
• Water resistant to 30m (100 ft)
• Interchangeable bands

Package Includes:

Suunto T3
Quick start guide
Owner’s manual
Suunto Chest Strap Transmitter

SPECIFICATION

What if you could glance at your wrist and see the total aerobic benefit of your workout in real-time? And what if at the end of your workout you knew exactly how much the session improved your aerobic condition? By all measures, you’d be wearing the Suunto t3 with Training Effect.
Training Effect takes the guesswork out of working out. More powerful than traditional zone training systems, Training Effect keeps you on-target for achieving your goal, whether it’s weight loss, cardiovascular health or shaving minutes off a marathon. Here’s how:

Working from your personal fitness profile, the Suunto t3 analyzes your heartbeats and translates the data into a simple, one-to-five Training Effect scale. Think of it as a personal training guide. If, for example, you want to improve your aerobic fitness at a moderate tempo, you should work out until your TE meter reads 3.0 to 3.9 (2 to 4 times weekly).

Alternatively, if you want to improve your aerobic condition rapidly without the risk of overtraining, you should push yourself until your TE meter reads 4.0 to 4.9 (1 to 2 times weekly with a few recovery sessions in the TE 1.0 to 2.0 range).

It’s important to note that Training Effect is relative to each user. While a novice runner might achieve a TE of 4.0 on a four-mile jog, a professional runner might have to complete an uphill marathon to get the same reading. Both runners will have to exercise "hard" to achieve a TE of 4.0.

In addition to Training Effect, the Suunto t3 displays heart rate, calories burned and zone training. It also shows speed and distance with optional Suunto PODs.

The onboard logbook has a 15 workout memory, and archiving and further analysis are available with a Suunto PC POD and Training Manager Lite PC software.

Additional functions include dual time, date, alarm and stopwatch with split/lap.

Training Effect (TE)
Training Effect shows the degree to which an individual workout improves your aerobic fitness. More powerful than conventional zone training features, Training Effect tells you the quantifiable results of your workout.

Why Training Effect is important
If your workouts are too easy, your aerobic condition won’t improve. Likewise, if your workouts are too difficult, you run the risk of overtraining and hindering improvement. Between those extremes, it’s difficult to gauge the effectiveness of a workout on gut-feeling alone.

Training Effect takes the guesswork out of working out, giving you real-time and post-exercise information about the effectiveness of your workout.

During exercise, Training Effect shows the real-time effectiveness of your workout. After exercise, Training Effect displays the final degree to which a workout improved your condition.

How Training Effect works
Training Effect is based on *EPOC measurements during exercise, combined with information about your current fitness level and exercise history. *EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption) is a scientifically sound measure of training load.

Training Effect uses a straightforward, one-to-five scale. Here’s what it means:

Training Effect Category Results Explanation
1.0 - 1.9 Training Effect: minor Enhances recovery. Can develop endurance base with sessions longer than one hour. Does not improve maximum performance.
2.0 -2.9 Training Effect: maintenance Maintains aerobic fitness. Helps build foundation for harder training in the future. Does little to improve maximum performance.
3.0 - 3.9 Training Effect: improvement Improves aerobic fitness if repeated 2 to 4 times weekly. No special recovery requirements.
4.0 - 4.9 Training Effect: rapid improvement Rapidly improves aerobic fitness if repeated 1 to 2 times weekly. Augment with a few recovery sessions (TE 1.0 - 2.0).
5.0 - up Training Effect: overreaching Dramatic increase in aerobic fitness if combined with substantial recovery.


Training with TE targets
The Training Effect target is a simple yet powerful tool for achieving your workout goal. Suppose you want to go on a run that maintains your current level of aerobic fitness. Based on information in the user manual, you should set your Suunto t3 to a TE target of 2.5. As your run progresses, the Suunto t3 shows the remaining time at your current level of excursion for achieving your target. What’s more, as your excursion level changes during the run, the Suunto t3 recalculates accordingly.
When used with the Suunto PC Pod (see below) and the Suunto Training Manager Lite Software, the Suunto T3 allows you to wirelessly download an review your workout data

Suunto Training Manager Lite is an integral part of the Suunto t4 and Suunto t3 experience. It stores and organizes training sessions, allowing athletes to analyze their performance and create ideal training plans. With one-button activation, training sessions are quickly uploaded via wireless PC POD (see below). Using intuitive graphs and charts, athletes can view their performance over a single workout or a specific period of time. Training sessions can be broken down by type of activity (i.e. biking, running or kickboxing), giving users a deeper understanding of how different activities contribute to overall progress. Equipped with a Suunto Foot or Bike POD, athletes can evaluate their performance in terms of speed and distance.