3 HR CONTROL TRAINING

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Select the HR control training program.

Put the chest-belt heart rate sensor around your chest. Press the HR control button to select the HR control training program.

Caution: If you do not put the chest-belt heart rate sensor around your chest, the HR control training cannot be performed.

Input training conditions.

Input your age, target pulse rate, and exercise time in the above or- der on the LCD screen. The initial values, before anything has been

input, are shown as in the illustration at right, with the initial age value displayed.

 

Initial value

Setting range

Age

40

years

10

- 99

years

Exercise time

20

minutes

0

- 99

minutes

Target heart rate

120

bpm

60 - 189

bpm

The pulse rate upper limit is not displayed. It's initial value is 160 bpm, calculated by the formula "200 - age."

The belt speed and incline pattern are not displayed on the LCD screen.

The age input screen is displayed first.

Figures can be adjusted by pressing the SPEED or INCLINE +/- buttons.

Press the MODE button to proceed to the next screen.

After inputting all the data, confirm the input data by pressing the MODE button.

Caution: If the START button is pressed during data input, ex- ercise begins immediately and the belt will start mov- ing.

Reference: You can start the exercise from any screen by pressing the START button.

Selecting training program

HR control

H I L L

 

STOP

 

EMERGENCY

 

INCLINE

STOP

Increase or decrease of numbers

ntrolH I L LINTERVALQUI

EMERGENCY

INCLINE STOP SPEED

Changing item for input

INTERVALQUICK

EMERGENCY

MODE

START

STOP

SPEED

 

Start the program.

3 • After the conditions have been input, get on the running belt and start the program by pressing the START button.

The buzzer will sound and the running belt will start moving.

Starting program

INTERVAL

EMERGENCY

STOPSPEED

QUICK

MODE START

Start walking.

4 • The LCD screen displays "START WARMING-UP." Start walk- ing, keeping pace with the speed of the belt.

During the 3 minutes of warm-up, increase the speed by pressing the SPEED+ button, and try to bring your pulse rate close to the target.

Caution: During warm-up, you can adjust the speed to a maxi- mum of 6.0 mph [9.6 km/h].

The belt speed is shown on the lower part of the LCD screen. One dot on the horizontal axis represents 3 seconds of exercise time. One vertical dot represents 0.1 mph [0.1 km/h].

Current pulse rate is displayed in the upper part of the LCD screen. One dot on the vertical axis represents 2 bpm.

Every 3 seconds, a new row of dots will appear and blink on and off, showing the current training conditions.

If the START button is pressed while warming-up, warm-up is skipped, and the warm-up display disappears. The program then begins to track the target pulse rate.

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Cateye EC-T220 HR Control Training, Select the HR control training program, Start the program, Start walking

EC-T220 specifications

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