28 | Operating and Maintaining the P20 Console |
To use the touch heart rate feature, place the palm of your hands directly on the metal heart rate sensors on the equipment’s handlebars. To ensure a more accurate heart rate readout, make sure you follow these tips:
Both hands must grip the sensors for your heart rate to register.
It takes a number of consecutive heart beats
When gripping the sensors, do not grip tightly. Keep a loose, cupping hold. Holding the grips tightly can affect the reading.
As you work out, your perspiration will help transmit your heart rate signal. If you have difficulty using the handheld grips to determine your heart rate, try the sensors again later in the workout to see if you can obtain a heart rate signal.
If the touch heart rate feature does not work for you, Precor recommends that you use a chest transmitter strap.
Figure 5: Heart rate target zones
CAUTION: Your heart rate should never exceed 85% of your maximum aerobic heart rate. Your maximum heart rate is equal to 220 minus your age.
