Monitoring Your Heart Rate HRC model only | True Fitness 400

Basic Treadmill Operation

A Note About Calorie Expenditure Calculations

True treadmills use the calorie expenditure formula as described in Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription from the American College of Sports Medicine. This is the most widely accepted formula for running and walking.

Due to variations in human exercise efficiency, your actual calorie expenditure may vary by as much as 10% from the treadmill’s estimate.

Monitoring Your Heart Rate (HRC model only)

The 400HRC treadmill can monitor your heart rate when you wear the transmitter strap provided. It will display it as a digital beats-per-minute (bpm) readout, and it is very accurate, typically within two beats per minute. Your heart rate is good feedback on your effort level. See the Target Heart Rate chart on page 29 for more information.

Although your treadmill functions fine without using the heart rate monitoring feature, this kind of monitoring gives you valuable feedback on your effort level. It also allows you to use the most advanced training system available on a treadmill: True’s Heart Rate Control, where the treadmill automatically adjusts your workout level based on your heart rate. See the Heart Rate Control section of this manual for

details.

Using the Heart Rate Transmitter

Strap

The transmitter strap should be worn directly against your skin, about one inch below the pectoral muscles/breast line.

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True Fitness 400 manual Monitoring Your Heart Rate HRC model only, Using the Heart Rate Transmitter Strap

Contents

Series Residential Treadmill Manual/Pre-Program/Heart Rate Control Innovative frame Suspension systems Table of Contents Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Setting Up Your Treadmill Setting Up Your Treadmill Important Electrical Requirements Hardware Kit AssemblyAssembly Assembly Treadbelt Adjustment Treadbelt Adjustment Treadbelt Tension Control Panel Functions Basic Treadmill Operation Setting Your WeightBasic Treadmill Operation Starting Your Treadmill Safely Using the Heart Rate Transmitter Strap Monitoring Your Heart Rate HRC model only Treadmill’s Heart Rate Display Quick Reference Operating InstructionsQuick Reference Operating Instructions For a Manually-Controlled Workout Manual Operation Manual Operation Programmed Workouts Making Time and/or Distance Count Down instead of Up Programmed Workouts Heart Rate Control Workout User ProgramsUser Programs How the HRC system controls your heart rate HRC Workout SetupHeart Rate Control Workout Three Stages of a Heart Rate Control Workout Warm Up Stage Heart Rate Control Stage Cool Down Stage Cruise Control Cruise Control Examples of How HRC Can Work For You Examples of Walking WorkoutsExamples of Running Workouts Important Points About Heart Rate Control Important Points About Heart Rate Control Heart Rate Control Safety Features How Target Heart Rate Works Understanding the F.I.T. Formula F.I.T. FormulaF.I.T. Formula You Exercise Frequency How Often You ExerciseIntensity How Hard Time How Long You Exercise Using the F.I.T. FormulaMETs Determining Your Needs F.I.T ForumulaYour Fitness Program AGE Warm-Up Slow and Deliberate Exercise Beginning Your Exercise ProgramBeginning Your Exercise Program Workout Brisk and Rhythmic Exercise Establishing Aerobic Fitness Cool-Down Slow and Relaxed ExerciseBeginning a Fitness Program Managing Weight Maintaining Aerobic Fitness Sports Training Care and MaintenanceCare and Maintenance Regular Cleaning Treadbelt Lubrication Troubleshooting Guide Symptom Cause Solution Diagnostics Diagnostics Error Messages Diagnostics Service Messages E2OVERSPEED True is a registered trademark Specifications subject to change Rev /02Founded Hoff Road ’Fallon, MO