Life Fitness 93T operation manual Workout Overviews, Using the Workouts

4 THE 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.

FAT BURN is a low-intensity workout for burning the body’s fat reserves. The user wears a heart rate chest strap. The program adjusts the intensity level through changing the incline (elevation), 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. The program adjusts the intensity level, based on the actual heart rate, to maintain the rate at 80 percent of the theoreti- cal 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 constant effort workout in which the user can change resistance level or speed at any time.

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.

4.2USING THE WORKOUTS

Select a workout OR log on to a fitness network exercise database. See Section 4.5, titled Logging on to the Network for details. The chart below lists the steps for setting up each workout.

To select a workout, use the WORKOUT SELECTION ARROW keys to scroll through workout options displayed in the MESSAGE CENTER. The treadmill’s Hold-n-Scroll feature enables the user to scroll automatically through options simply by holding down an ARROW key, making it unecessary to press the ARROW key repeatedly. Press the ENTER key to confirm a displayed selection. Then, enter data requested in MESSAGE CENTER prompts. Use the TIME, INCLINE, or SPEED ARROW keys to scroll to desired values as displayed in the MESSAGE CENTER, and press ENTER to confirm each selection. Values can be changed during all workouts, except for FIT TEST.

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