CHAPTER 5 - THE HEART RATE PROGRAM
As an option, the Personal Climber includes a heart rate monitor harness you can wear during a
workout to continuously monitor your heart rate. In either manual or program mode, the heart rate
monitor merely gives you more information—it lets you see your current heart rate at any time.
However, used with the Personal Climber Heart Rate Control program, this option lets you design
a workout tailored to your age and condition by gradually bringing you to your target heart rate,
then keeping you at that heart rate for the rest of the workout. To use the heart rate program:
1.
Get on Personal Climber.
If the Personal Climber is set for “step and go” operation, press the
HR Control
key
before
you get on Personal Climber. Set the workout length, weight, age, and target
rate as described, then start climbing.
If you start climbing in step and go mode, and your last workout was a heart rate
control workout, the Personal Climber will ask you to confirm your target heart rate;
it will skip all the other prompts.
2.
The display will show the length of your last workout in the “Speed” field, and the light
next to “Time” at the right of the console will flash. You can change the workout length
using the up and down arrow keys. Press
Enter
.
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. 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
HR Control
key.
3.
The light next to “Age” flashes. Use the up and down arrow keys to set your age. Press
Enter
.
4.
The display will show your target heart rate (based on your age) and the percentage of
your maximum heart rate. Use the up and down arrow keys to set the target heart rate you
want for this workout and press
Enter
.
5.
Start climbing.