NordicTrack CX 1050 NEL12940 User Manual page 17

HOW
TO USE HEART
RATE PROGRAMs
Each heart rate program helps you to keep your heart
rate near a certain percentage of your maximum heart
rate during your workout. Note: Your maximum heart
rate is estimated by subtracting your age from 220.
For example, if you are 30 years old, your maximum
heart rate is 190 (220 - 30 = 190).
Heart rate program 1 will keep your heart rate
between 50% and 80% of your maximum heart rate;
heart rate program 2 will keep your heart rate
between 55% and 85%; heart rate program 3 will
keep your heart rate between 60% and 85%; heart
rate program 4 will keep your heart rate between 50%
and 85%.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
D egin pedaling to activate the console.
See step 1 on page 13.
B
Select one of the four heart rate programs.
When the power is turned on, the manual mode
will be selected. To select a heart rate program,
press the Program Select button repeatedly until
the words "HEARTRATE 1," "HEARTRATE 2,"
"HEARTRATE 3," or "HEARTRATE 4" appear in
the main display.
Three seconds after a program is selected, the
name of the selected program and the total pro-
gram time will scroll across the main display.
The current age setting will then begin to flash in
the main display.
During heart rate pro-
grams, the matrix will
show a graphic that
represents your heart
rate. Each time a
heartbeat is detected,
an additional peak
will appear.
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Enter your age.
You must enter your age to use a heart rate pro-
gram. 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 Up Arrow
or Down Arrow button repeatedly to enter your
age, and then press the Enter button. Once you
have entered your age, it will be saved in memory.
B Wear the chest pulse sensor or hold the
handgrip pulse sensor.
To use the chest pulse sensor, see page 9.
To use the handgrip pulse sensor, it is not neces-
sary to hold the handgrips continuously during
the program. However, you should hold the
handgrips frequently for the program to operate
properly. Each time you hold the handgrips,
keep your hands on the metal contacts for at
least 30 seconds. Note: When you are not hold-
ing the handgrips, the letters "PLS" will appear in
the right side of the display instead of your heart
rate.
Begin pedaling to start the program.
Each heart rate program consists of 20 one-
minute segments. (The main display will show
both the time remaining in the program and the
time remaining in the current segment of the pro-
gram.) One resistance setting is programmed for
each segment. (The same resistance setting may
be programmed for two or more consecutive
segments.)
At the end of each segment, a series of tones will
sound. The resistance of the pedals will then
change if a different resistance setting is pro-
grammed for the next segment. Note: tf the resis-
tance is too high or too low, you can adjust the
resistance by pressing the Resistance buttons.
However, when the next segment begins, the
resistance will automatically change if a different
resistance setting is programmed for the next seg-
ment.
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