Precor EFX556, Commercial EFX owner manual Cooling Down After a Workout

C O M M E R C I A L P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N

Important: Do not switch to the moveable handlebars until you are comfortable with the movement of the EFX.

4Continue your workout until course completion.

5End your workout and review your workout statistics.

6Hold on to a stationary handrail while you step off the EFX.

Important: Any time during the Setup prompts, you can press the Quick Start key. Refer to QUICK START on page 25.

To pause during your workout session before finishing the selected course, stop pedaling. See Pause, Cool Down and Exit Features for more information.

4.When you have completed a course that has a limited duration, a 5-minute cool down period automatically be- gins. Hold onto the stationary handrail while the EFX re- duces the resistance by 20%. Note that you can always exit a course prematurely using the Reset key. Refer to Pause, Cool Down and Exit Features on page 26.

Note: Not all courses supply the cool-down period. See Cooling Down After Your Workout.

5.After you complete the 5-minute cool-down period (or exit a course prematurely using the Reset key), the Workout Summary banner appears. Workout statistics except TIME, STRIDES and CALORIES reset to zero. (Note that the TIME display shows the accumulated workout time including warm-up and cool-down periods.) You are given 2 minutes to review your workout statistics before the display automatically resets to the Precor banner. You can also press Reset, to return to the Precor banner.

6.Hold on to the stationary handrails while you carefully step down from the EFX.

If your club does not have the CSAFE option and you wish to monitor your progress toward your fitness goals, a form for recording workout statistics is provided on page 35.

COOLING DOWN AFTER A WORKOUT

Cooling down is an important aspect of your workout because it helps reduce muscle stiffness and soreness by transporting excess lactic acid out of the working muscles. Cooling down for at least 3 minutes helps provide a smooth transition that allows your heart rate to return to its normal (non-exercising) state. The EFX automatically initiates a 5-minute cool-down period once you complete a course that has a specified time duration. A prompt appears, indicat- ing that you are in cool down.

During your cool down, the workout statistics continue to appear. The TIME display shows the accumulated time which includes warm-up and cool-down periods. When you complete the 5-minute cool down, a Workout Summary appears. See the information beginning on page 26.

Important: To activate a cool-down period, a course must “end.” The course ends when the workout Time (entered during the Setup prompts) expires. If no workout Time entry occurred, then (from a software perspective) no time limit exists, so a cool-down period is not appended to the course. (However, club time limits still apply whether or not a workout Time was entered.)

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