Workouts, Workout Overviews | Life Fitness Treadmill specification

4THE WORKOUTS

4.1WORKOUT OVERVIEWS

The following workouts are preprogrammed for the Life Fitness Treadmill.

QUICK START is the fastest way to begin exercising. After the QUICK START key is pressed, a MANUAL workout begins immediately.

FAT BURN is a low-intensity workout for burning the body’s fat reserves. The user wears a heart rate chest strap, or grasps the LifepulseTM sensors continuously. The program adjusts the intensity level, based on the actual heart rate, to maintain the rate at 65 percent of the theoretical maximum†.

CARDIO is a higher intensity workout for more fit users, emphasizing cardiovascular benefits and maximum fat burning. The user wears a heart rate chest strap, or grasps the LifepulseTM sensors continuously. The program adjusts the intensity level, based on the actual heart rate, to maintain the rate at 80 percent of the theoretical maximum.

HILL is an interval training workout. Intervals are periods of intense aerobic exercise separated by regular periods of lower-intensity exercise.

RANDOM is an interval training workout of constantly changing intensity levels that occur in no regular pattern or progression.

MANUAL is a workout in which the intensity level does not change automatically.

CUSTOM PLUSTM workouts are accessed through the CUSTOM PLUS key. These include the pre-programmed CALORIES GOAL and DISTANCE GOAL workouts, as well as up to six cus- tom workouts, which may be programmed by a fitness club manager or other authorized staff.

SPORT TRAININGTM (5K) is a distance-goal workout that simulates an actual terrain with vary- ing incline levels. It is designed to assist runners in training for a 5-kilometer, or

3.1-mile, race.

SPORT TRAININGTM (10K) is a distance-goal workout that simulates an actual terrain with varying incline levels. It is designed to assist runners in training for a 10-kilometer, or 6.2-mile, race.

HEART RATE HILLTM takes the user through three different hills based on the target heart rate.* HEART RATE INTERVALTM alternates between a hill and a valley based on the target heart rate.

EXTREME HEART RATE TM is an intense workout for more experienced users. It is designed to get the heart rate up and down as quickly as possible.

FIT TEST is a five-minute workout with which the user can measure cardiovascular fitness compared to other people of the same age and gender.

†Defined by the American College of Sports Medicine's "Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription" as equal to 220 minus an individual’s age.

*Target Heart Rate (THR) is a percentage of the theoretical maximum. A 40-year-old user's THR for the HEART RATE HILL workout is 144, or 80 percent of the maximum; so the equation would be (220-40)*.80=144.