Life Fitness Treadmill EXTREME HEART RATE TM

EXTREME HEART RATE TM

This intense, varied workout is designed to help more experienced users to break through fitness

improvement plateaus. The workout alternates between two target heart rates* as quickly as possi-

ble. The effect is similar to that of running sprints. The user must wear a chest strap or grip the

LifepulseTM sensors throughout the workout.

NOTE: It is recommended that users who run at speeds faster than 4.5 MPH wear the chest strap

and do not use the LifepulseTM sensors.

When setting up the workout, the user enters a target heart rate and selects a walk speed and a

jog speed. After a standard three-minute warm-up, the treadmill accelerates to the jog speed,

and the incline increases, until the user reaches the target heart rate goal. That target rate is

maintained for a stabilizing period. Then, the incline is reduced to 0 percent, and the treadmill

slows to the walk speed. When the heart rate falls to the 75 percent goal, it is maintained there

for a stabilizing period. The program repeats the alternating of speeds and incline levels, contin-

uing this pattern throughout the duration.

If the user does not reach a heart rate goal after five minutes, the MESSAGE CENTER displays

a prompt to increase or decrease speed, depending on whether the workout is in a hill or valley

phase. The program does not proceed to a new heart rate goal until the user reaches the cur-

rent goal.

CoolDown

75%THR

115

75%THR

115

JogSpeed

WalkSpeed

UserExample (40 year old / 153 recommended THR)

EXTREMEHEART RATE Workout Profile

100%THR

StabilizingPeriod

153

100%THR

153

100%THR

153

* The FITNESS TEST design is based on a published study: Ebbeling, Cara B.; Puleo, Elane

M.; Ward, Ann; Widrick, Jeffrey, and Rippe, James M. "Development of a Single Stage

Submaximal Treadmill Walking Test: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1991

* Target Heart Rate (THR) is a percentage of the theoretical maximum. For example, a

40-year-old user's THR for the EXTREME HEART RATETM WORKOUT is 153. The workout

program targets a standard 85 percent of the maximum, so the equation would be

(220-40)*.85=153.