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Chapter 3 - Let’s Climb
1.
The light next to “Weight” now flashes, and the console shows the last weight entered.
You can use the arrow keys to change this to your correct weight. The Personal Climber
uses this to calculate how many calories you burn during your workout, so be sure to
allow for your clothing and shoes. In general, add about five pounds to your base weight to
get an accurate reading.
Press
Enter
.
2.
The light next to
“Program” now flashes.
Press the key for the
program you want.
3.
Start climbing!
While you’re climbing, the console shows your progress and statistics about your workout. For
details about these displays, see the section “The Workout Display,” later in this chapter.
The Personal Climber starts at the default level for the program. You can raise or lower the level
while you’re climbing. This adjusts the entire program up or down the same number of levels. If
you’re interested in exactly how the level settings translate to vertical speed, see Appendix A. Pick
a setting that gives you a comfortable workout without causing pain at the hardest parts of the
program. If you feel like you’re straining to keep up, decrease the level until you can match it
easily.
If you need to pause during a workout, the climber will remember your workout information. To
reset the climber so you can start a new workout, press
Clear
twice.
When you finish, you see a workout summary giving the total distance you climbed, calories
burned, and more. See “The Workout Display,” below, for a description.
Step and Go Operation
If you are the only person who uses your Personal Climber, and you generally use the same
workout information, you may want to set the climber for “step and go” operation. When a climber
is set to step and go, you just get on and start climbing—the Personal Climber automatically
remembers your workout length, weight, and type of workout (manual or program) from your
previous session.
You can set your Personal Climber to step and go operation in Setup Mode, as described
in Chapter 2.
In step and go operation, the Personal Climber still asks you to confirm your target heart rate when
you’re using the heart rate program (see Chapter 5), and asks you for the pacer speed for an
individual race (see Chapter 4).
