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Each Heart Rate program helps you to keep your
heart rate near a certain percentage of your maximum
heart rate during your workout. (Your maximum heart
rate is estimated by subtracting your age from 220.
For example, if you are 25 years old, your maximum
heart rate is 195.) Heart Rate program 9 is designed
to keep your heart rate between 65% and 85% of your
maximum heart rate while you exercise; Heart Rate
program 10 is designed to keep your heart rate
between 65% and 80% of your maximum heart rate.
Follow the steps below to use a Heart Rate program.
Turn on the console.
Refer to step 1 on page 12.
Select one of the two Heart Rate programs.
Each time the
console is
turned on, the
manual mode
will be selected.
To select a
Heart Rate pro-
gram, press the
Program button repeatedly until the number 9 or
10 appears in the upper right corner of the display.
The profiles numbered 9 and 10 on the console
show the resistance settings for the Heart Rate
programs. For example, profile number 9 shows
that when Heart Rate program 9 is selected, the
resistance level will gradually increase during the
program and then decrease near the end.
Enter your age.
When a Heart Rate program is selected, the word
AGE and the current age setting will flash in the
display (see the drawing above). You must enter
your age to use a Heart Rate program. To enter
your age, press the + or – button. Once you have
entered your age, it will be saved in memory until
the batteries are replaced.
Hold the handgrip pulse sensor.
When using a Heart Rate program, you must use
the handgrip pulse sensor. It is not necessary to
hold the handgrips continuously during the pro-
gram. 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 dis-
play instead of your heart rate.
Start the program.
To start the program, simply begin exercising.
Each Heart Rate program consists of 20 one-
minute periods. One resistance setting and one
heart rate setting are programmed for each peri-
od. (The same resistance setting and/or heart
rate setting may be programmed for consecutive
periods.)
During the program, the resistance of the exer-
cise cycle will automatically change as shown by
the applicable profile on the console. If the cur-
rent resistance level is too high or too low, you
can adjust the resistance level by pressing the +
and – buttons. However, when the current period
of the program is completed, the resistance level
will automatically change if a different resistance
setting is programmed for the next period.
As you exercise,
the pace indica-
tors will help you
to keep your
heart rate near
the heart rate
setting for the
current period.
The left pace indicator will show your actual exer-
cise pace. The right pace indicator will show a
target pace. When you hold the handgrip pulse
sensor, the console will compare your heart rate
to the heart rate setting for the current period. If
necessary, the right pace indicator will then
change to prompt you to increase or decrease
your pace to bring your heart rate closer to the
current heart rate setting. When the
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