HOW TO USE HEART RATE PROGRAMS | 3. Enter your age. |
Each heart rate program helps you to keep your heart rate near a certain percentage of your maximum heart rate during your workout. Note: Your maximum heart rate is estimated by subtracting your age from 220. For example, if you are 30 years old, your maximum heart rate is 190 (220 – 30 = 190).
Heart rate program 1 will keep your heart rate between 50% and 80% of your maximum heart rate; heart rate program 2 will keep your heart rate between 55% and 85%; heart rate program 3 will keep your heart rate between 60% and 85%; heart rate program 4 will keep your heart rate between 50% and 85%.
You must enter your age to use a heart rate pro- gram. If you have already entered your age, press the Enter button and go to step 4. If you have not entered your age, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow button repeatedly to enter your age, and then press the Enter button. Once you have entered your age, it will be saved in memory.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
1.Begin pedaling to activate the console. See step 1 on page 15.
2.Select one of the four heart rate programs.
When the power is turned on, the manual mode will be selected. To select a heart rate program, press the Program Select button repeatedly until the words “HEARTRATE 1,” “HEARTRATE 2,” “HEARTRATE 3,” or “HEARTRATE 4” appear in the main display.
Three seconds after a program is selected, the name of the selected program and the total pro- gram time will scroll across the main display. The current age setting will then begin to flash in the main display.
During heart rate pro- grams, the matrix will show a graphic that represents your heart rate. Each time a heartbeat is detected, an additional peak will appear.
4.Wear the chest pulse sensor or hold the hand- grip pulse sensor.
To use the chest pulse sensor, see page 11.
To use the handgrip pulse sensor, it is not neces- sary to hold the handgrips continuously during the program. However, you should hold the handgrips frequently for the program to operate properly.
Each time you hold the handgrips, keep your hands on the metal contacts for at least 30 seconds. Note: When you are not holding the handgrips, the letters “PLS” will appear in the right side of the display instead of your heart rate.
5.Begin pedaling to start the program.
Each heart rate program consists of 20 one- minute segments. (The main display will show both the time remaining in the program and the time remaining in the current segment of the pro- gram.) One resistance setting is programmed for each segment. (The same resistance setting may be programmed for two or more consecutive seg- ments.)
At the end of each segment, a series of tones will sound. The resistance of the pedals will then change if a different resistance setting is pro- grammed for the next segment. Note: If the resis- tance is too high or too low, you can adjust the resistance by pressing the Resistance buttons. However, when the next segment begins, the resistance will automatically change if a different resistance setting is programmed for the next seg- ment.
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