The new BodyAge of Polar

Do you know your true biological age?

The new word processing system “BodyAge” of polar determines your individual BodyAge due to several, internationally recognized test for perseverance. Also in Austria already numerous possibilities are offered for testing the new BodyAge.




How old are you real? Determine it BodyAge!

Regular training and generally a healthy life keep young. But how young sport makes real? The company Polar, leading the market within the range of heart frequency measuring instruments, developed a system, which determines your individual BodyAge based on objective data. In different internationally recognized tests perseverance. Likewise to be considered body data as for instance body fat and blood pressure. Employment finds the OwnTest system as initially and RH test system in modern Fitness Studios and within the health range.

What is the BodyAge?

BodyAge™ is a nominal size for adults starting from that 18. Lebensjahr, which compares the biological age with the age. This easily understandable size represents the physical changes by training simply on the basis the age.

Polar the OwnTest™ system takes up the topic „biological age “or evenly BodyAge. Depending upon Fitnesszustand this can deviate partially clearly from the respective (chronological) age. The system points out, which BodyAge one can reach by a correct Fitnessprogramm and gives aimed training recommendations regarding the optimization of the BodyAge.

Which tests are made?

The entire test battery is based on internationally recognized, scientifically secured standard tests.
Criterion for the perseverance efficiency is the VO2max, the maximum oxygen photograph capacity. This will be determined with that polar OwnIndex®, measured a Fitnesstest in a state of rest, with heart frequency and heart frequency variability.

For the force efficiency stand three standard Kraft tests, which can be accomplished in combination with one another or optionally individually: an interactive ISO-metric Bizeps test, a Crunch and/or barrier Sit test. The Elixia of Studios decided for example for first, since thus an unequal training condition in the entire torso can be determined.

The flexibility is finally determined with the help of a Sit&Reach test likewise directly at the system.


Past employments and feedback of Studios

The test phase in German Fitness Studios resulted in positive feedbacks throughout: „There is no more diagnostic language tangle, but a result, which understands everyone. “- „by it that already smallest progress can be made objectively transparency, it experiences the members a large motivation. Particularly, unfitte´ customers feel fast confirmed in their work. “- „the system unites perseverance and force tests. By the expression of the documentation the customers have something in the hand, and they can reconstruct the results by the detailed description easily. “

Additionally that fulfills polar all test criteria of the Prae fit working group health Fitness Wellness for the requirements of the anamnesis and entrance testing specified in the test catalog to OwnTest™ system. That is elementarily important for Studios in Germany in co-operation with health insurance companies. Also in a study over health and Fitness in of Austria enterprises for the Viennese area health insurance company that was already used polar OwnTest™ system.