Cybex 710T Treadmill Owner’s Manual
P3 — Cardiovascular Program
The P3 Cardiovascular Program is a thirty-minute workout which uses high-intensity, aerobic exercise to strengthen the heart muscle, stressing the heart at about 70% to 85% of its maximum pumping rate.
Program Profile — The P3 program consists of an initial four-minute warm-up segment of relatively mild increases in speed and incline. This is followed by a twelve-minute segment of automatic increases in speed and % grade. During this time the program reaches its maximum intensity.
The next ten-minute segment is “all downhill” as the speed begins to slow and the % grade gradually decreases.
A four-minute segment at the end of the program serves as the cool-down period. The treadmill slows down and the incline returns to 0% grade.
Choose a level that reflects your fitness level as determined in the P1 Fitness Test program.
Program Results — The P3 Cardiovascular Program is designed to keep your metabolism high for the primary portion of the thirty-minute workout. For 71% of the time (twenty-two out of the thirty minutes) you are working at an intensity level averaging 93% of your maximum P1 performance workload. If you are just starting your fitness walking program, this workout may be too much for you. In that case, you can cut your P3 workouts short at any point until you feel comfortable completing the full thirty-minute workout. Don't forget to allow yourself a three to five-minute cool-down period if you leave the program before it is complete.
Three P3 workouts per week with 48 hours of recovery time (i.e., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, etc.) are sufficient to maintain good cardiovascular conditioning.
