Suunto Ambit3 Sport User Guide - 2.5

Exercising with sport modes

Use sport modes (see Sport modes) to record exercise logs and view various information during your exercise.

You can access the sport modes under Exercise menu by pressing Start Stop.

Using Suunto Smart Sensor

A Bluetooth® Smart compatible heart rate sensor, such as the Suunto Smart Sensor, can be used with your Suunto Ambit3 Sport to give you more detailed information about your exercise intensity.

While exercising, the heart rate sensor enables:

• heart rate in real time
• average heart rate in real time
• heart rate in graph form
• calories burned during exercise
• guidance to exercise within defined heart rate limits
• Peak Training Effect

And after exercise, the heart rate sensor provides:

• total calories burned during exercise
• average heart rate
• peak heart rate
• recovery time

If you use the Suunto Smart Sensor, you also have the added advantage of heart rate memory. The Suunto Smart Sensor memory function buffers data whenever the transmission to your Suunto Ambit3 Sport is interrupted.

This allows you to get accurate exercise intensity information in activities such as swimming where water blocks the transmission. It also means you can even leave your Suunto Ambit3 Sport behind after starting a recording. For more information, please refer to the Suunto Smart Sensor User Guide.

Without a heart rate sensor, your Suunto Ambit3 Sport provides calorie consumption and recovery time for running and cycling activities where speed is used to estimate intensity. However, we recommend using a heart rate sensor to get accurate intensity readings.

Refer to the user guide for Suunto Smart Sensor or other Bluetooth Smart compatible heart rate sensor for additional information.

Putting on Suunto Smart Sensor

To start using the Suunto Smart Sensor:

1. Snap the sensor firmly into the strap connector.
2. Adjust the strap length as needed.
3. Moisten the strap electrode areas with water or electrode gel.
4. Put the strap on so that it fits snugly and the Suunto logo is facing up.

The Smart Sensor turns on automatically when it detects a heart beat.

Refer to the Suunto Smart Sensor User Guide for additional information and troubleshooting.

Starting an exercise

To start exercising:

1. Press Start Stop to enter the start menu.
2. Press Next to enter Exercise.
3. Scroll the sport mode options with Start Stop or Light Lock and select a suitable mode with Next.
4. The watch automatically starts searching for a heart rate belt signal, if the selected sport mode uses a heart rate belt. Wait for the watch to notify that the heart rate and/or GPS signal have been found, or press Start Stop to select Later. The watch continues to search the heart rate/GPS signal.
5. Press Start Stop to start recording your exercise. To access additional options while exercising, keep Next pressed.

During exercise

Suunto Ambit3 Sport gives you a wealth of information during your exercise. The information varies depending on the sport mode you have selected (see Sport modes). You get even more information, if you use a heart rate belt and GPS during exercise.

Here are some ideas on how to use the watch during exercise:

• Press Next to see scroll through your sport mode displays.
• Press View to see different information the bottom row of the display.
• To avoid accidentally stopping your log recording or making unwanted laps, lock the buttons by keeping Light Lock pressed.
• Press Start Stop to pause recording. To resume recording, press Start Stop again.

Recording tracks

Depending on the sport mode you have selected, your Suunto Ambit3 Sport allows you to record various information during exercise.

If your sport mode has GPS enabled, Suunto Ambit3 Sport also records your track during your exercise. You can view the track in Suunto app as part of the recorded exercise.

Making laps

During your exercise, you can make laps either manually or automatically by setting the autolap interval in Movescount. When you are making laps automatically, Suunto Ambit3 Sport records the laps based on the distance you have specified in Movescount.

To make laps manually, press Back Lap during the exercise.

Suunto Ambit3 Sport shows you the following information:

• top row: split time (duration from the start of the log)
• middle row: lap number
• bottom row: lap time

Navigating during exercise

If you want to run a route or to a point of interest (POI), you can select a sport mode, such as Run a Route, and begin navigating immediately.

You can also navigate a route or to a POI during your exercise in other sport modes that have GPS activated.

To navigate during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode with GPS activated, keep Next pressed to access the options menu.
2. Press Next to select navigation.
3. Scroll to POIs (Points of interest) or Routes with Light Lock and select with Next.
   The navigation guidance is shown as the last display on the selected sport mode.

To deactivate navigation, go back to Navigation in the options menu and select End navigation.

Using compass during exercise

You can activate the compass and add it to a custom sport mode during your exercise.

To use the compass during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep Next pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to Activate with Light Lock and select with Next.
3. Scroll to Compass with Light Lock and select with Next.
4. The compass is shown as the last display on the custom sport mode.

To deactivate the compass, go back to Activate in the options menu and select End compass.