NordicTrack NTEL59012 - Manual (Page 14)

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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 5 is designed to keep
your heart rate between 50% and 85% of your maxi-
mum heart rate while you exercise; heart rate program
6 is designed to keep your heart rate between 50%
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 program,
press the Select
Program button repeatedly until the number 5 or 6
appears in the upper right corner of the display.
The profiles numbered 5 and 6 on the right side
of the console show the resistance settings for
the heart rate programs. For example, profile
number 5 shows that when heart rate program 5
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. You must enter your age to use a heart
rate program. If you have already entered your
age, press the Enter button and go to step 4. If
you have not entered your age, press the + or –
button. The current age setting will then flash.
Press the + or – button repeatedly to enter your
age. When your age is shown, press the Enter
button. Once you have entered your age, your
age 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 (refer to step 5 on
page 12) or the optional chest pulse sensor (refer
to page 20). If you use the handgrip pulse sensor,
it is not necessary to hold the handgrips continu-
ously during the program. However, you should
hold the handgrips frequently for the program to
operate properly. Each time you hold the hand-
grips, 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 display instead of your heart rate.
Start the program.
To start the program, press the Start Program
button or simply begin exercising. Each heart rate
program consists of twenty, one-minute periods.
One resistance setting and one heart rate setting
are programmed for each period. (The same
resistance setting and/or heart rate setting may
be programmed for consecutive periods.)
During the program, the resistance of the elliptical
crosstrainer 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
Resistance buttons. However, when the current
period of the program is completed, the resis-
tance level will automatically change if a different
resistance setting is programmed for the next
period.
As you exercise,
the bar graphs
will help you to
keep your heart
rate near the
heart rate setting
for the current
period. The right
bar graph will show a target pace. (The left bar
graph will show your actual exercise pace.) When
you hold the handgrip pulse sensor (or wear the
optional chest pulse sensor), the console will
compare your heart rate to the heart rate setting
for the current period; if necessary, the right bar
graph 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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HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM