TomTom Fitness Age Instruction Manual
TomTom Fitness Age
User Manual
1.0
1st September 2017
Contents
All about TomTom Fitness Age 3
Which devices can I use? 4
Quick tutorial 5
Your Fitness Age ................................................................................................................................ 5
Fitness Points ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Effort Matters ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Everyone is Different .......................................................................................................................... 7
Be active every day ............................................................................................................................ 8
Consistency is the key ........................................................................................................................ 9
Improving Fitness Age ....................................................................................................................... 9
Jeff and Julie do Fitness Age 11
Viewing your Fitness Points and Fitness Age 12
Viewing Fitness Points on your watch ............................................................................................ 12
Viewing Fitness Points on the TomTom Sports App ..................................................................... 13
Viewing Fitness Points on the TomTom Sports website ............................................................... 14
Viewing Fitness Age on the TomTom Sports App ......................................................................... 15
Viewing Fitness Age on the TomTom Sports website ................................................................... 15
Viewing VO2max on the TomTom Sports App .............................................................................. 16
Viewing VO2max on the TomTom Sports website ........................................................................ 16
Learn more about Fitness Points and Fitness Age 17
More about Fitness Points ............................................................................................................... 17
Fitness Points levels ......................................................................................................................... 17
More about Fitness Age ................................................................................................................... 19
How is my VO2max calculated? ...................................................................................................... 20
How can I improve my Fitness Age? ............................................................................................... 21
I'm not earning Fitness Points .......................................................................................................... 22
Similar activities won't earn similar fitness points .......................................................................... 23
Copyright notices 24
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TomTom Fitness Age is all about getting you active, inspiring you to get fitter, and improving your
All about TomTom Fitness Age
fitness level. You'll learn how effective your activities are, and you'll see personal recommendations to help you choose the best activity for you.
Finding out how fit you are requires some complex calculations! TomTom Fitness Age is an
indication of how well your body functions physically, relative to how well it should work, based
on things like your heart rate during activities, maximum and resting heart rates, activity, gender,
age, height and weight.
Your VO2max rate is used to calculate your Fitness Age, and this is the standard method used to
determine a person's physical fitness. VO2max is the maximum rate of oxygen that your body can
use during exercise. Becoming fitter means your body can use more oxygen, so your VO2max
increases as your fitness level increases. VO2max is calculated when you do a running activity like
running, trail running, or treadmill, and have a relatively steady heart rate measurement for more
than 15 minutes. To learn all about VO2max and how your Fitness Age is calculated, see Learn
more about Fitness Points and Fitness Age.
TomTom Fitness Age will help you get going to improve your Fitness Age, and help you learn
more about your fitness activities:
How fit am I really?
Have I done enough during this activity or should I do more?
Did I do enough this week or do I need more exercise?
Is this an effective activity or is another activity better for me?
What should I do next?
Important: This product feature uses advanced heart rate analytics provided by Firstbeat. The
information provided by TomTom Fitness Age is an estimation of your fitness level and does not
constitute medical advice, nor is it meant to cure, treat or prevent a disease. We advise you to
consult your doctor before starting a new exercise program.
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You can earn and see Fitness Points on the following TomTom Sports watches that have heart
Which devices can I use?
rate monitoring:
TomTom Runner 2
TomTom Runner 3
TomTom Spark
TomTom Spark 3
TomTom Adventurer
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Your Fitness Age
Quick tutorial
TomTom helps you to discover how fit you really are by calculating your personal Fitness Age.
TomTom Fitness Age is an indication of how well your body functions physically, relative to how
well it should work, based on things like your heart rate during activities, maximum and resting
heart rates, activity, gender, age, height and weight.
The more effective activity you do, the better your Fitness Age becomes.
Fitness Points
Start working on your Fitness Age by earning Fitness Points. You earn Fitness Points when you
record your activity on a TomTom Sports watch with heart rate monitoring. The amount of Fitness
Points you earn depends on many factors, including your heart rate during activities, maximum
and resting heart rates, activity, gender, age, height and weight.
Your daily Fitness Points are shown in bubbles on your TomTom Sports watch, the TomTom
Sports App, and the TomTom Sports website.
Note: You can only earn Fitness Points when your watch can measure your heart rate. When
your watch is not on your wrist, for example when it's worn over your ski jacket or when you're
using the bicycle mount, your heart rate is not measured unless you are wearing a heart rate
monitor and chest strap. Heart rate is not measured in the Swim activity.
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Important: You must use the correct activity on your watch to record your sports activity, for
example use Run when you are running, and Gym when in the gym. Using a different activity can
affect your Fitness Points and give you an incorrect Fitness Age.
Tip: Use the Freestyle activity to track your daily activities like walking to work or walking the
dog to earn more Fitness Points.
If you haven't earned 500 points yet, select today's Fitness Points balloon to see personal
recommendations to help you to get active.
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Effort Matters
You earn more Fitness Points as your heart rate increases. A short run will earn you more Fitness
Points than a long walk because your heart rate will be higher when you run.
Everyone is Different
Fitness Points are very personal. Your Fitness Points represent your activities and your current
fitness, based on things like your heart rate during activities, maximum and resting heart rates,
activity, gender, age, height and weight.
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Everybody will earn different points for the same activity. For example, if you are fit it will take you
more time or more effort to earn the same amount of Fitness Points as someone who isn't fit. As
you get fitter, you'll have to work harder to earn your Fitness Points.
Be active every day
Fitness Points help you to be active and to increase your fitness. Try to earn 100 Fitness Points or
more every day to help you keep a healthy lifestyle. Earn over 500 Fitness Points to start
improving your fitness and your Fitness Age.
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