Life Fitness 8975101 REV B-2 owner manual HOW to USE the Workouts

5.2HOW TO USE THE WORKOUTS

1.Manual Workout (Beginner – Just Starting)

Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the MANUAL workout profile and pressing ENTER.

Description: The MANUAL workout is a simple workout that has no pre-defined intensity levels. The MANUAL workout starts the user at level 1 resistance level for bikes and cross-trainers and at 0.5 MPH and 0% incline for treadmills. The user is in complete control of level or speed/incline settings.

Goal: This workout was designed for users that do not have much experience working out on a product and like to have control of the level and speed/incline settings.

2.Random Workout (Experienced – Fit)

Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the RANDOM workout profile and pressing ENTER.

Description: In this workout, the console creates a terrain of different hills and valleys. Over 1 million different patterns are pos- sible. RANDOM uses resistance or incline adjustments to create hills/valleys. Speed is controlled by the user.

Goal: This workout was designed to provide the end-user with unlimited workout variety. The goal of this workout is to prevent workout boredom and improve motivation.

3.Hill Workout (Experienced – Fit)

This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the HILL workout profile and pressing ENTER.

Description: The Life Fitness patented HILL workout is an inter- val training workout. Intervals are periods of intense aerobic exer- cise. The workout profile window displays the levels of the inter- vals, which together have the appearance of hills and valleys. Resistance (bikes and cross-trainers)and Incline (treadmills) adjustments are used to simulate the hills/valleys, speed is con- trolled by the user.

The HILL workout has two main phases in between the warm-up and cool down.

Plateau: Increases the intensity slightly and keeps it steady, to bring the heart rate to the low end of the target zone.

Interval Training: Is a series of increasingly steeper hills, alternating with valleys, or periods of recovery. The heart rate should rise to the high end of the target zone during this segment.

Goal: The computerized interval training workout has been scientifically demonstrated to promote greater cardio-res- piratory improvement than steady-pace training. The goal of this workout is to improve cardiovascular endurance and break through fitness plateaus.

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