Random; Hill; How To Maximize Workouts On The Recumbent Lifecycle Exercise Bike; Selecting The Correct Intensity Level - Life Fitness Lifecycle LC5500 Owner's Manual

4.3 How to Maximize Workouts on the Recumbent Lifecycle Exercise Bike

In the Manual, Random and Hill recumbent Lifecycle exercise bike workout programs, you
can change the level of intensity at any time by simply pressing a new number – between 0
and 12 – on the numeric keypad. In the Fat Burn and Cardio programs, you can change the
target heart rate at any time by simply pressing a new number on the numeric keypad.
Additionally, should you decide to work out in one program after starting another, simply
push CLEAR three times to clear the first program and then select the new program.

Selecting the Correct Intensity Level

The recumbent Lifecycle exercise bike offers 13 levels of intensity, or difficulty, to
choose from – level 0 is the easiest and level 12 is the most challenging. Select a low
effort level until becoming accustomed to the recumbent Lifecycle exercise bike, then
increase the intensity as conditioning improves.
The Random and Manual programs are proportionately more difficult than the Hill
program. Because of this, be careful to select an effort level in the Random program
that is one to two levels lower than would normally be selected in the Hill program.
Conversely, if choosing the Manual program, select an intensity level that is at least
three levels lower than the workout level normally used in the Hill program. The
following table will allow you to compare the relative intensities of the four recumbent
Lifecycle exercise bike computerized fitness programs.

HILL

0
2
4
6
8
10
11-12

RANDOM

0
2
3-4
5
7-8
9
10-11
12
28
MANUAL OR FIT TEST
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12