LPERSONAL TRAINER: Press this key for additional workout options, including customized workouts designed by a fitness club trainer or staff member. See Section 5, titled Internal Settings for information on designing custom workouts. The following workouts and goals may be accessed with this key:
• | • | FIT TEST | |
• | • | DISTANCE GOAL | |
• | PERSONAL TRAINER | • | CALORIES GOAL |
MHILL PLUS: Press this key to select HILL PLUS workouts, in which intensity levels increase and decrease in set patterns. The following workouts may be accessed with this key:
• | HILL | • | CASCADES |
• | AROUND THE WORLD | • | SPEED TRAINING |
• | KILIMANJARO | • | FOOTHILLS |
•INTERVAL
NCOOLDOWN: Workout programs end automatically in a Cooldown mode, which lowers the intensity level. Press the COOLDOWN key at any desired point during a workout to go immediately into Cooldown mode. In this phase of a workout the body begins to remove lactic acid and other accumulated
OWORKOUT PROFILE window: This window displays shapes, made of columns of lights, that represent the levels of intensity in a
During a FAT BURN, CARDIO, HEART RATE HILL, HEART RATE INTERVAL, or EXTREME HEART RATE workout, which requires the use of a Polar® heart rate chest strap or the Lifepulse system sensors, the WORKOUT PROFILE window displays a flashing heart shape to request the user’s heart rate signal. If the console does not detect a signal, the MESSAGE CENTER displays the prompt “NEED HEART RATE - PLACE HANDS ON SENSORS OR USE TELEMETRY STRAP". If the console does not receive the signal within three minutes, the workout automatically is converted to a MANUAL program.
PMESSAGE CENTER: This window displays
•Heart Rate: the detected heart rate if the user is wearing the chest strap or grasping the Lifepulse system sensors.
•Distance: the total distance traveled in miles (or kilometers if enabled).
•Speed: the pedaling speed or rate in miles per hour (or kilometers per hour if enabled).
•Calories: the number of calories burned since beginning the workout.
If programmed to do so, the MESSAGE CENTER displays any or all of these three values each time the inten- sity level changes during the workout:
•Calories per Hour: the rate of calories burned per hour.
•Watts: effort level in Watts. The Watt is a unit of power output or the expression of the mechanical rate of work.
•METs: effort level in METs. The MET is an expression of the rate of work for the human body at rest, or a metabolic equivalent; one MET is approximately equal to the metabolism of a person at rest.
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