Life Fitness CR300, CU300 user manual Difficulty Resistance

ENTERING AGE

When prompted by the MESSAGE CENTER to enter age, use the ARROW KEYS to increase or decrease the displayed age to the correct value, and press ENTER.

Lifecycle exercise bike workout programs that set a target heart rate* zone first calculate the user’s theoretical maximum heart rate† by subtracting the user’s age from the number 220. The programs then calculate the target zone as a per- centage of the theoretical maximum.

SELECTING THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OR TARGET HEART RATE

For HILL, RANDOM, OUTDOOR TRAINING, and GRADUAL HILL: After a duration is entered, the MESSAGE CENTER flashes a default difficulty level of “1”, which is the easiest of the 20 difficulty levels. Press ENTER to accept the default. Or, to change the level, use the ARROW keys. Then, when the desired level appears in the DATA WINDOW, press ENTER to accept the duration. Each of the 20 difficulty levels corresponds to a range of resistance levels as seen in the table below. A resistance level is applied to each individual interval within a workout profile. See Section 3.3, titled Workout Descriptions for more information. While the workout is in progress, it is possible to change the difficulty level.

Difficulty	Resistance	Difficulty	Resistance
Level	Level Range	Level	Level Range
1	1 to 1	11	3 to 11
2	1 to 2	12	3 to 12
3	1 to 3	13	3 to 13
4	1 to 4	14	3 to 14
5	1 to 5	15	3 to 15
6	2 to 6	16	4 to 16
7	2 to 7	17	5 to 17
8	2 to 8	18	6 to 18
9	2 to 9	19	7 to 19
10	2 to 10	20	8 to 20

For FAT BURNER (optional) and CARDIO (optional): After a duration is entered, the MESSAGE CENTER displays a tar- get heart rate*, which is based on the entered age. Press ENTER to select the displayed rate, or use the ARROW keys to change the rate, and then press ENTER. When the workout is in progress, it is possible to change the target heart rate using the level arrow keys.

Note: With the exercise bike’s braking resistance feature, the resistance level increases proportionally with the pedaling speed.

BALLY EXERCISE BIKE WORKOUT SETUP STEPS

QUICK START	MANUAL	GRADUAL HILL	CARDIO* (optional)
Select QUICK START	Select MANUAL	Select GRADUAL HILL	Select CARDIO
Begin workout	Enter time	Select time	Enter time
HILL	Enter difficulty level	Select difficulty level	Enter age
	Begin workout	Begin workout	Accept THR**
Select HILL
			Begin workout
Enter time	OUTDOOR TRAINING	FAT BURNER* (optional)
Select difficulty level	Select OUTDOOR	Select FAT BURNER
Begin workout	TRAINING	Enter time
RANDOM	Select time	Enter age
	Select level	Accept THR**
Select RANDOM
	Begin workout	Begin workout
Enter time
Enter difficulty level
Begin workout

* This workout requires the user to wear the telemetry chest strap.

** Target Heart Rate (THR) is a percentage of the theoretical maximum. For example, a 40-year-old user's THR for the CARDIO workout is 144.

This workout targets 80 percent of the maximum, so the equation would be (220-40)*.80=144. A 20-year-old user’s THR is 160, so the equation would be (220-20)*.80=160.

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