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MORE WORKOUTS: FIT TEST PROGRAM
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To use the Fitness Test program:
1. Put the chest strap on. Remember to wet
underneath the chest strap, over the electrodes.
For test accuracy, use of a telemetry chest
strap is required.
2. Press the [MORE WORKOUTS] key. Then
use the Speed or Incline UP or DOWN keys to
scroll through the program options. When the
console displays NAUTILUS FIT TEST, press
[ENTER] to select.
3. The console will then display ENTER WEIGHT -
LBS (or ENTER WEIGHT - KG if in Metric mode).
Enter your weight using the numeric key keypad.
4. The console will display ENTER AGE 10 -99.
Enter your age using the numeric keypad.
5. The console will display ENTER GENDER / 1
- MALE / 2 - FEMALE. Enter your gender code
using the numeric keypad.
6. The console will display BEGIN FIT TEST.
Follow the onscreen prompts. The following
messages may be displayed during a
fitness test:
• CHECK HR BELT - Indicates that the heart rate
signal has been missing for the last 30 seconds.
7. The test will be terminated early, and the
messages TEST TERMINATED / TRY AGAIN
LATER will be displayed if
• The user stops exercising at any point during
the test.
• The [STOP] key is pressed.
• The heart rate response to each work level is
the same or less than the previous work level.
• The heart rate never reaches 115 beats/minute.
• The heart rate continues to rise after the
fifth minute.
8. The test is complete when two consecutive
steady-state heart rates are obtained above
115 beats/minute. The test can be as short as 6
minutes, or as long as 15 minutes.
• No cool down is done at the end of the test.
9. The estimated maximal aerobic capacity is
displayed in METs, and VO
2 max
. The results are
compared to normative values of the same age
and gender1 (see below), and given a fitness
rating of Low, Fair, Average, Good,
or High.
