HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM
CAUTION: If you have heart prob- lems, or if you are over 60 years of age and have been inactive, do not use the heart rate programs. If you are taking medication regu- larly, consult your physician to find whether the medication will affect your exercise heart rate.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
Note: You must wear the optional chest pulse sen- sor (see page 20) to use a heart rate program.
1 Put on the optional chest pulse sensor.
See the instructions included with the optional chest pulse sensor.
2 Insert the key into the console.
See HOW TO TURN ON THE POWER on page 10.
3 Select a heart rate program.
To select a heart rate program, press the Programs button repeat- edly until one of the two heart rate program indi- cators lights.
If the first heart rate program is selected, a
pulse symbol will scroll across the matrix.
If the second heart rate program is se- lected, the first eigh- teen target heart rate settings of the program will appear in the matrix.
4 Enter a target heart rate setting.
If the first heart rate program is selected, the target heart rate setting for the entire program will
flash in the display. If de- sired, press the Pulse in-
crease and decrease buttons to change the target heart rate setting (see EXERCISE INTENSITY on page 25).
If the second heart rate program is selected, the maximum target heart rate setting of the pro- gram will flash in the display. If desired, press the Pulse increase and decrease buttons to change the maximum target heart rate setting (see EXER- CISE INTENSITY on page 25). Note: If the maxi- mum target heart rate setting is changed, the in- tensity level of the entire program will change.
Press the Start button or the Speed increase
5 button to start the program.
A moment after the button is pressed, the tread- mill will automatically adjust to the first speed and incline settings of the program. Hold the handrails and begin walking.
The first heart rate program is divided into 40 one- minute segments. The same target heart rate set- ting is programmed for all segments. (For a shorter workout, simply stop the program before it ends.) The second heart rate program is divided into 30
If the second heart rate program is selected, the
target heart rate setting
for the first segment will be shown in the flashing Current Segment col- umn of the matrix. The
target heart rate settings
for the next several segments will be shown in the columns to the right. When only three seconds re- main in the first segment of the program, both the Current Segment column and the column to the right will flash and a series of tones will sound.
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