Forward and Reverse, Heart Rate Monitoring

OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS (continued)

Load Level Adjustment

The load level of Avari GX8 can be changed at any time during your workout. Adjusting the load level will allow you to increase or decrease your intensity level.

Forward and Reverse

The Avari GX8 can be used in the forward and reverse direction to vary the muscles that you work out. This will also vary your workout helping you to stay motivated. To change directions, simply slow the pedals down until they stop and switch directions.

HEART RATE MONITORING

To get the maximum benefit from your Avari GX8 workout it is important that you exercise within your target heart rate zone for at least 20 minutes. Research has shown that working out below your target heart rate zone won't burn fat or improve your cardiovascular fitness, and working above your target heart rate zone is also counter productive.

Everyone has their own target heart rate zone and exercising within that zone should be your goal every time you work out. Finding your personal target heart rate zone is calculated by:

STEP 1: Find your maximum heart rate with this simple formula: 220 - Age = predicted maximum heart rate

Example: A 40-year-old would have a predicted maximum heart rate of 180 beats per minute, 220 - 40 = 180.

STEP 2: Your target heart rate zone is a range that is 55% to 90% of your maximum heart rate.*

Predicted Maximum Heart Rate x .55 = lower end of target heart rate zone Predicted Maximum Heart Rate x .90 = upper end of target heart rate zone Example: A 40-year-old would have a Target Heart Rate Zone of 99 to 162 beats per minute; 180 x .55 = 99. 180 x .90 = 162.

NOTE: See page 24 of this Owner's Manual for more conditioning guidelines including a chart of target Heart Rate Zones Estimated by Age.

*For cardiorespiratory training benefits, the American College of Sports Medicine recommends working out within a heart rate range of 55% to 90% of maximum heart rate.

PULSE MONITOR V. HEART RATE TRANSMITTER

The AvariGX8 can measure how hard you are exercising in two ways:

1.By measuring your pulse

2.By monitoring your heart rate

Your pulse is monitored by four Pulse Sensors that are built into both the left and right Hand Grips, two in each grip. Your pulse reading gives you a snapshot of how hard your heart is working at that point in your workout by measuring the number of heart beats per minute. Please note that pulse sensors provide less accurate information than the heart rate transmitter and pulse sensors don't monitor your heart rate during your entire workout; the heart rate transmitter does monitor your heart rate for the endurance of your workout.