is directly dependent on its oxygen-uptake capacity. Aerobic exercise should above all be pleasant. You should perspire, but you should not get out of breath during the workout. You must, for example, be able to speak and not just pant while pedaling.
You should exercise at least three times a week, 30 minutes at a time, to reach a basic fi tness level. Maintaining this level requires a few exercise sessions each week. Once the basic condition has been reached, it is easily improved simply by increasing the number of exercise sessions. Exercise is always rewarding for weight loss, because it is the only way of increasing the energy spent by the body. This
is why it is always worthwhile to combine regular exercise with a healthy diet. A dieter should exercise daily, at fi rst 30 minutes or less at a time, gradually increasing the daily workout time to one hour.
You should start slowly at a low pedaling speed and low resistance, because for an overweight person strenuous exercise may subject the heart and circulatory system to excessive strain. As fitness improves, resistance and pedaling speed can be increased gradually. Exercise efficiency can be measured by monitoring the pulse. The pulse meter helps you monitor your pulse easily during exercise, and thus to ensure that the exercise is sufficiently effective but not over-strenuous. Start your workout with slow tempo and low resistance. Gradually increase tempo and resistance according to your own condition. Keep your head up and neck long in order to avoid stress on your neck, shoulders and back. Keep also your back straight. Make sure that your feet are centered on the foot pedals and that your hips, knees, ankles and toes are facing forward. Keep your body weight centered over your lower body regardless of whether you lean forward or stand upright. Stop your workout by gradually decreasing tempo and resistance.
Don’t forget to stretch afterwards. To strengthen cardiovascular system, maintain low resistance but high tempo. Exercising with higher resistance and slow tempo strengthens correspondingly your back and hips.
HEART RATE
No matter what your goal, you’ll get the best results by training at the right level of effort, and the best measure is your own heart rate.
The C85 meter has a heart rate receiver compatible with Polar equipment, so you can also use Polar uncoded heart rate transmitter belts for heart rate measurement.
NOTE! If you are fitted with a pacemaker, please consult a physician before using a heart rate transmitter belt.
The most reliable heart rate measurement is achieved with a telemetric device, in which the electrodes
of the transmitter fastened to the chest transmit the pulses from the heart to the console by means of an
electromagnetic field. If you want to measure your heart rate this way during your workout, moisten the grooved electrodes on the transmitter belt with saliva or water. Fasten the transmitter just below the chest with the elastic belt, firmly enough so that the electrodes remain in contact with the skin while exercising, but not so tight that normal breathing is prevented. If you wear the transmitter and belt over a light shirt, moisten the shirt slightly at the points where the electrodes touch the shirt. The transmitter automatically transmits the heart rate reading to the console up to a distance of about 1 m.
If the electrode surfaces are not moist, the heart- rate reading will not appear on the display. If the electrodes are dry, they must be moistened again. Allow the electrodes warm up properly to ensure accurate heart rate measurement. If there are several telemetric heart rate measurement devices next to each other, the distance between them should be at least 1.5 m. Similarly, if there is only one receiver and several transmitters in use, only one person with a transmitter should be within transmission range. the transmitter is switched to an active state only when it is being used for measurement. sweat and other moisture can, however, keep the transmitter in an active state and waste battery energy. therefore it is important to dry the electrodes carefully after use.
When selecting training attire, please note that some fibers used in clothes (e.g. polyester, polyamide) create static electricity, which may prevent reliable heart rate measurement. Please note that a mobile phone, television and other electrical appliances form an electromagnetic field around them, which will cause problems in heart rate measurement.
MEASURING HEART RATE WITH
HAND SENSORS
Pulse is measured wiith sensors which are located in the hand supports and which measure the pulse eachtime the user touches both sensors simultaneously. For reliable pulse measurement, the skin must be in continuous contact with the sensors and the skin in contact with the sensors should be slightly moist. Too dry or too moist skin will impair hand pulse measurement. Please note also that active use of the upper body muscles during exercise may interfere with hand pulse measurement: active muscles transmit similar electronic signals as the heart muscle. Therefore, we recommend that arms be kept relaxed during pulse measurement.
HEART RATE IN TRAINING
First find your maximum heart rate i.e. where the rate doesn’t increase with added effort. If you don’t know your maximum heart rate, please use the following formula as a guide:
220 - AGE
The formula gives an average value, the maximum varies from person to person. The maximum heart-
